The new statue, entitled A Surge of Power, was erected without the knowledge of authorities.
has been replaced with a monument to one of the protesters involved in tearing it down.
Residents of the southwest English town of Bristol awoke to the image of a black woman raising her fist atop the plinth, which has been left empty since the statue of Edward Colston was toppled last month. The new statue, entitled A Surge of Power, was erected without the knowledge of authorities, who are yet to announce their plans for the location.Artist Marc Quinn said he was inspired to create the life-sized work after seeing an image of protester Jen Reid standing on the empty plinth with her fist raised in a Black Power salute following a Black Lives Matter rally in June.
During the same protest, the statue of Colston had been toppled by protesters and thrown into the River Avon. It has"On my way home from the protests on 7 June, I felt an overwhelming impulse to climb onto the plinth, just completely driven to do it by the events which had taken place right before.
"Keeping the issue of black people’s lives and experiences in the public eye and doing whatever I can to help is so important."
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