"Who made the statue ""Alison Lapper Pregnant"" that was erected in Trafalgar Square, London, between September 2005 and October 2007?"
Alison Lapper documentary "Child of Our Time". In 2006, she published her book "My Life in My Hands". She posed for Marc Quinn for the sculpture "Alison Lapper Pregnant". Initially she refused to pose for Quinn. Lapper's hesitation was regarding the way in which Quinn depicted disability. She wanted to be sure the depiction was not of pity. Quinn expressed how statues where their limbs had fallen off were highly regarded and cherished. His intentions were to create art involving bodies born this way. When Quinn phoned a few months after the initial call, Lapper informed him she was now seven months
Alison Lapper pregnant. His reply was, "That's even better!" In November 1999, Lapper went to Quinn's studio to have the cast made. The sculpture is made of Carrara marble. It occupied the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square between September 2005 and late 2007. and a large replica featured in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony. In May 2003, Lapper was awarded MBE for services to art. In July 2014, Lapper was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Brighton. Alison Lapper Alison Lapper MBE (born 7April 1965 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English artist. She is the subject