Last month, protesters toppled a statue of a slave trader and threw it into Bristol's harbor. Now, a monument of a Black Lives Matter protester has taken its place. But it won't stay for long without the city's approval.
A new sculpture by local artist Marc Quinn, depicting Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid, stands on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to rest in Bristol.A new sculpture by local artist Marc Quinn, depicting Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid, stands on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to rest in Bristol.
"We want to keep highlighting the unacceptable problem of institutionalised and systemic racism that everyone has a duty to face up to," the artist behind the sculpture, Marc Quinn, said in a joint statement with Reid ."This sculpture had to happen in the public realm now: this is not a new issue, but it feels like there's been a global tipping point. It's time for direct action now.", won't last long on the plinth in Bristol. Quinn and Reid say the artwork is temporary, and Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees"The sculpture that has been installed today was the work and decision of a London based artist.
Those contributions, though, were funded by Colston's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. For years, the executive was a leader of the Royal African Company, which had a British monopoly on the slave trade from West Africa. The company abducted and sold
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