A new sculpture, by local artist Marc Quinn, of Black Lives Matter protestor Jen Reid stands on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand on July 15, 2020 in Bristol, England.

Sculpture, by Bristol artist Marc Quinn, of Black Lives Matter protestor Jen Reid stands on the plinth where the Edward Colston statue used to stand on July 15, 2020 in Bristol, England.

Quinn's sculpture, entitled A Surge of Power (Jen Reid), was installed shortly before 4.30am on Wednesday without the knowledge or consent of Bristol City Council. ... He told Sky News: ...

The Jen Reid statue – which is made of black resin and titled “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020” — was not expected to stay on the plinth permanently, but its creators hoped that it would ...

Now, when passersby glance up, they find an altogether different figure towering over them, with a clenched fist thrust into the sky. A new monument depicting Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid ...

According to the BBC, within days, Reid was contacted by the artist Marc Quinn, a star of the ’90s Young British Artists movement who has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Tate Britain ...

A statue of Jen Reid, who became a symbol of Bristol, England’s Black Lives Matter protest, replaced one of the 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston. It’s an amazing feeling.