On Trafalgar Square, there are 4 pedestals with traditional bronze sculptures. The 4th pedestal has become an important place where modern art appears. The sculptures there are constantly changing. There have been a model of an English warship in a bottle, a giant blue rooster, and a thumb symbolizing a like. Now, there is a copy of an ancient Persian sculpture.

One of the most original and controversial works was Marc Quinn’s sculpture showing a pregnant disabled woman named Alison Lapper. A doctor’s mistake caused this woman to be born without hands and with very short legs. Her family gave her to an orphanage where she spent her entire childhood. But she still learned to draw, holding the brush in her teeth, live a full life, and even have a baby. This sculpture symbolizes human beauty and an incredible life power, and in 2012, it was chosen as the symbol of the Paralympics in London.