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Lichenstein lives
‘There will be some who will miss the fun of having contemporary art in the square. Smith said he had nothing against it as such — “I think it is a very fine thing and I own several contemporary art works including some Roy Lichtenstein prints” — but that Trafalgar Square was not the place.’
‘Statue of Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park wins place on fourth plinth’, The Guardian, 4.11.09
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/nov/04/keith-park-statue-fourth-plinth
Millionaire financier Terry Smith defends his patronage of a traditional, male, military statue in on the Fourth Plinth by showing us he’s down with the contemporary arts scene. Lichenstein died in 1997.
