A statue of a Black Lives Matter protester has replaced the toppled statue of a 17th-century slave trader in the English city of Bristol.
A resin-and-steel statue of a Black Lives Matter protester was surreptitiously placed early Wednesday atop a pedestal in the English city of Bristol previously occupied by the toppled statue of a 17th-century slave trader named Edward Colston.
The sculpture of protester Jen Reid was made by Marc Quinn, an artist who said he was inspired to create the piece after seeing a photograph of Reid standing on the platform with her fist raised during Black Lives Matter protests.Quinn, who is a well-known artist in Britain, said in a statement on his website that the statue was erected without formal consent from local authorities in Bristol.– would be a"permanent solution to what should be there ...
The statue of Colston was brought down and thrown into Bristol's harbor by anti-racism protesters last month as part of a worldwide reckoning sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.The 18-foot high bronze statue of Colston had stood on Colston Avenue in Bristol since 1895. Colston traded textiles and wool and used some of the proceeds to build schools, churches and almshouses.
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