Meerkats at the Fourth Plinth

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A scaled down model of Tracey Emin's proposal for the fourth plinth on display at the National Gallery , London.

From 1841 until 1999 there was nothing on the Fourth Plinth in the north-west of Trafalgar Square. It is now the location for contemporary art works, commissioned specially from leading artists, which are housed on the plinth for a year or two each.

Emin proposes to place a sculpture of a small group of meerkats on the empty plinth as a symbol of unity and safety - my favourite amongst those proposed!