Artist replaces slave trader statue with one of a Black Lives Matter protester

Now, the city has an entirely new figure being celebrated on the once-empty plinth: a protester.British artist Marc Quinn has erected a statue depicting a woman with her fist raised in a Black Power salute in the place where Colston once stood. He based the artwork on a photograph of Jen Reid,plinth as she returned home from the demonstration in June.Marc Quinn studio

showed me a picture on Instagram of Jen standing on the plinth in Bristol with her fist in a Black Power salute," he said."My first, instant thought was how incredible it would be to make a sculpture of her, in that instant.

Funny way of saying a slaver known for charity - supporting the betterment of schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches - was replaced with a marxist, a movement known for killing hundreds of millions in the last century alone.

This offends me 100%... hope when I visit it is still there because it will not be standing when done.

It's gone

Why must there be statues anyway? You really can learn so much more from books! *graven images=idolatry👎👎👎👎 StatuesMustFall statues

lol

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Nothing like erecting a racist statue

Was the slave trader a black slave trader who sold captives as slaves in Africa?

So excited, does the mean we can put up a statue of our rioters & looters who vandalize?

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تم استبدال تمثال متظاهر بالحياة السوداء محل تمثال تاجر الرقيق في المملكة المتحدة. العمل بعنوان رسميًا 'A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020' ويصور امرأة بقبضتها مرفوعة في تحية القوة السوداء.

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Not an official statue , should be removed! I may commission a statue to myself, why not

A statue of a random vandal who marched under the banner of an antisemitic extremist group during a pandemic, whilst law abiding citizens stayed in their homes

Brithebaby These are the type of statues we need.

This need to be one.

Sure hope its Transgender.

and thats a rap, so long racism.

Cover it in graffiti and take it down. That’s what we do with statues right. Ok cool.

Beautiful. A step in the right direction.

The first legal slave owner in the US was black. You can't erase history.

Take it down it offends me.

Did you say “black power salute” I’m not sure replacing the white power culture with a black power culture is a solution.

Haha governments should it give up like this to idiots

Great just to all Involved BlackLivesMatter

Beautiful.

Yep..

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Im spreading awareness about conflict taking place in Azerbaijan aggressors being Armenians. They have 20% of our lands illegally occupied for decades, committed Khjolay Genocide and now violated ceasefire agreement. Azerbaijan StopArmenianAgression KarabakhisAzerbajian

That will cure racism. Well done.

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