Sculptor unveils ‘black everywoman’ as UK row over statues and race grows

Thomas J Price, who is also working on a Windrush memorial, says Bristol figure of a protester was a stuntWhat kind of statue can represent black British women today? It is a question the sculptor Thomas J Price believes he has answered.After the controversial appearance of the statue of a Black Lives Matter protester on the plinth formerly occupied by an effigy of Edward Colston in Bristol last Wednesday, Price has unveiled a new work destined for east London. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/19/sculptor-unveils-black-everywoman-as-uk-row-over-statues-and-race-grows #sculpture #art #art_and_design #bristol #uk_news #black_lives_matter_movement #culture #protest #world_news