LONDON (UK) – The sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised has come up in place of the statue of a 17th-Century English slave trader which was pulled down by anti-racism protesters last month in the British port city of Bristol.
The statue of Edward Colston, who became rich after trading in African slaves, was pulled down and hurled into the harbour during protests in the wake of the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.
According to a Guardian report, the statue was put up on the plinth in the early hours of Wednesday by a team led by artist Marc Quinn.
“Resident Jen Reid and I have unveiled a new temporary, public installation, ‘A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020’, on top of Edward Colston’s empty plinth in Bristol, England,” Quinn said on Instagram.
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