plinth

Instead of sitting atop a glass elevator, Lavet’s work is now on a traditional plinth.

The plinth was built in 1841 to display a permanent statue of William IV, but money ran out.

The casts are arranged around the plinth in the form of a tzompantli, a skull rack that featured in Mesoamerican civilisations, used to display the remains of war captives or sacrificial victims.

Hundreds of plaster casts of transgender and non-binary people have been unveiled as the latest installation on the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth in central London.

The artwork sat on the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square for two years from 2005.