An artist secretly replaced a slave trader’s statue that was torn down by demonstrators in Bristol, England, with a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester, Jen Reid.
The sculpture of Reid, created by Marc Quinn, was inspired after he saw an image of Reid standing on the plinth of the now-toppled statue with her fist raised during a June 7 rally.
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Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees told the BBC the statue did not have permission to be installed. After the statue of Colston was toppled and thrown into the city’s harbor, Rees asked for it to be fished out and kept until city leaders decide what to do with it.
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Quinn, a prominent British sculptor, told the Times he worked with 10 people to get the sculpture finished and erected by this week.
“She created this iconic image,” Quinn told the Times. “I’m just amplifying the moment she created.”
The Hill
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