Empty plinth becomes piece of art

The UK's Royal Academy rejected a sculpture for its Summer Exhibition – but decided to display the empty plinth it sat on.

Empty plinth becomes piece of art

The UK's Royal Academy rejected a sculpture for its Summer Exhibition – but decided to display the empty plinth it sat on.

Artist David Hensel was delighted when he heard that the piece he had submitted for the annual show, a laughing head made from jesmonite resin and entitled One Day Closer To Paradise, had been accepted by the Academy.

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