The statue of a slave trader that was torn down and thrown into a river last month in Bristol, England, was replaced overnight by a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester with a fist raised to the sky.
The new statue of Jen Reid, who helped pull down the statue of 17th-century slave merchant Edward Colston in June and was photographed in the same pose, was secretly installed by the team of artist Marc Quinn at dawn on Wednesday.
A cardboard sign saying “Black lives still matter†was placed beneath the work, which the artist titled “A surge of power (Jen Reid) 2020.â€
Quinn and Reid, who collaborated on the work, have said the installation was intended to be temporary.
Source:Â cbsnews.com