London, England, UK. The Erasmus Wind Vane (2009; Rodney Graham) on the roof of the Whitechapel Gallery (formerly Library)...

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London, England, UK. The Erasmus Wind Vane (2009; Rodney Graham) on the roof of the Whitechapel Gallery (formerly Library) It features the 16th century humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536), sitting backwards on a horse, reading Erasmus's best known work The Praise Of Folly - a satirical attack on superstitions and traditions of European society, and the western Church in particular - which the scholar is said to havewritten on horseback between Italy and England.

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