Timelapse of Michael Rakowitz Sculpture Atop Fourth Plinth

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For the past six months, Northwestern professor and sculptor Michael Rakowitz and a team constructed a 14-foot Lamassu created from 9,000 steel cans of date syrup from modern-day Iraq. The sculpture, entitled "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist" was unveiled on March 28 in London's Trafalgar Square. ____

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