London. Modern Statue on Trafalgar Square.

I was pleased to note that the incongruous statue of a naked pregnant woman with no arms * had been removed from the ‘fourth plinth’, but disappointed to see that it had been replaced by something still more out of harmony with the aesthetics of the square: a multi-coloured glass sculpture (pictured above)
*statue by Marc Quinn of Alison Lapper a thalidomide victim naked when she was eight months pregnant.
** The sculpture - a glass model of a 21-storey hotel in vivid red, green, yellow and blue - is by the German artist Thomas Sch¸tte. Entitled Model for a Hotel 2007, it replaces Marc Quinn's sculpture. It was delayed by seven months and came in over budget - the final cost was £270,000 - partly due to months of research to ensure the glass would be able to withstand the London weather.