A figure of a Black Lives Matter protester has been placed 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 pictured standing on the empty plinth after the Colston statue was toppled during the march.
According to Artist Marc Quinn the sculpture does not have formal consent calling it a “temporary public installation”.
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.”
Bristol City Council is yet to comment on this and the statue of Edward Colston is set to be put in a museum.
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