Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth powerfully displays hundreds of trans and non-binary faces

Trafalgar Square’s 15th Fourth Plinth Commission has been revealed and it displays more than 700 transgender and non-binary faces in a bid to empower the trans community. 

The new work was revealed on Wednesday (18 September), after the initial announcement of the subject matter left some right-wing news outlets “outraged”.

Teresa Margolles’ sculpture, Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant), promotes trans rights. The artwork is made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary and gender-non-conforming victims of violence. 

The casts, which were made in Juárez and Mexico City, as well as London, were applied directly on to the faces of participants, recording their features and infusing the plaster with their hair and skin cells. The work will fade over time because it

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