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| Black Lives Matter protester statue appears on Edward Colston plinth | Black Lives Matter protester statue appears on Edward Colston plinth |
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| A figure of a Black Lives Matter protester has appeared on the empty plinth previously occupied by the statue of slave trader Edward Colston. | |
| A sculpture of protester Jen Reid was erected early on Wednesday in Bristol city centre where the Colston statue was pulled down last month. | |
| Ms Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth after the Colston statue was toppled during the march. | Ms Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth after the Colston statue was toppled during the march. |
| Artist Marc Quinn said the sculpture did not have formal consent. | |
| He said the black resin statue - called A Surge of Power - was a "temporary public installation". | |
| Mr Quinn said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during Black Lives matter protests. | |
| He then contacted Ms Reid through social media and they worked together on the statue, which was erected shortly before 05:00 BST. | |
| Ms Reid said that the sculpture was important because it helped "keep the journey towards racial justice and equity moving". | |
| "On my way home from the protests on 7 June, I felt an overwhelming impulse to climb on to the plinth," she said in a statement on Mr Quinn's website. | |
| "When I was stood there on the plinth, and raised my arm in a Black Power salute, it was totally spontaneous, I didn't even think about it. It was like an electrical charge of power was running through me. | |
| "This sculpture is about making a stand for my mother, for my daughter, for black people like me." | |
| On 7 June, protesters used ropes to pull the Colston statue - which had been at the Bristol city centre site since 1895 - from its plinth. | On 7 June, protesters used ropes to pull the Colston statue - which had been at the Bristol city centre site since 1895 - from its plinth. |
| It was dragged to the harbourside, where it was thrown into the water at Pero's Bridge - named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city. | It was dragged to the harbourside, where it was thrown into the water at Pero's Bridge - named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city. |
| Bristol City Council retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest, from the water several days later. | Bristol City Council retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest, from the water several days later. |
| Quinn's previous works include self-portrait Self and a sculpture entitled Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was put on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. |