London, UK. 28th March, 2018. Michael Rakowitz’s ‘The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist’ has been unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. A life-size reproduction of one of the large stone statues of a lamassu (a winged bull with a human face) which guarded the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq until destroyed by ISIS, it was armoured with 10,500 tin cans used for date syrup. It has been positioned to face towards the Foreign Office, Parliament and the Middle East. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News

London, UK. 28th March, 2018. Michael Rakowitz’s ‘The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist’ has been unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. A life-size reproduction of one of the large stone statues of a lamassu (a winged bull with a human face) which guarded the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq until destroyed by ISIS, it was armoured with 10,500 tin cans used for date syrup. It has been positioned to face towards the Foreign Office, Parliament and the Middle East. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

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