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Toppled statue replaced by Black Lives Matter protester

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 in Bristol city centre where the Colston statue was pulled down in June. Newsday heard from the artist who created the artwork, Marc Quinn.

(Pic: A view of the statue "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid)" by British artist Marc Quinn, Credit: EPA)

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