Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn

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Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn is a monumental marble sculpture depicting the disabled artist Alison Lapper nude and heavily pregnant, celebrated as a powerful public artwork challenging traditional ideals of beauty and representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sculpture
artForm marble sculpture
artHistoricalContext early 21st-century British public sculpture
artisticIntention to reframe disability as heroic and beautiful
associatedWith disability rights movement
feminist art discourse
color white
commissionedBy Greater London Authority NERFINISHED
commissionedFor Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Marc Quinn NERFINISHED
criticizedFor controversial use of public monument space
depicts Alison Lapper NERFINISHED
depictsAge adult
depictsCondition phocomelia
depictsForm nude female figure
depictsPersonOccupation artist
depictsState heavily pregnant
exhibitionHistory Fourth Plinth programme, Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED
genre portrait sculpture
public art
hasPart plinth
hasTitleLanguage English
height approximately 3.55 metres
inception 2005
inspiredBy life of Alison Lapper
location Trafalgar Square, London NERFINISHED
mainSubject body image
disability
female nude
pregnancy
representation of disability
materialUsed white marble
movement Young British Artists NERFINISHED
contemporary art
notableFor challenging traditional ideals of beauty
depiction of a pregnant disabled woman
representation of disabled body in public art
praisedFor challenging conventional war and hero monuments
empowering representation of disabled women
publicDebate contemporary vs traditional monuments
disability representation in public space
setting urban public square
subjectGender female
subjectNationality British

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Fourth Plinth notableWorkDisplayed Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn