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Bristol (UK), Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Andy Rain) Merchant slave trader Edward Colston statue was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest 07 June. Protesters in across the UK continue to demonstrate in the wake of the death in police custody of George Floyd in the United States.FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE.
Madrid, May 20 (EFE), (Camera: Juan Yagüe).- The sculpture Covid-19 Heroes, created and donated by the artist Víctor Ochoa, was installed in the Royal Post Office, headquarters of the Madrid's regional government, on Wednesday.FOOTAGE OF THE SCULPTURE ON WEDNESDAY.
Emmanuel Santos, the artist responsible for a thoroughly ridiculed statue of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo for its bizarre lackof resemblance, was given a chance to make up for his heavily-mocked efforts by unveiling a new work, this time paying tribute to Welsh footballer Gareth Bale. The new bust of Bale stands in a Cardiff branch of betting company Paddy Power, who commisioned artist Emanuel Santos to create it.
In the past, it was legal to own another human being and do with their lives as you please, including forcing them to work, harming them, or even trading them to others. Many countries allowed citizens to keep slaves. This are the grounds of Santa Eufrasia, a former slave plantation located just outside of Rio de Janeiro. Elisabeth Dolson, the modern day owner of the former plantation, has opened the building to tourists, showing visitors where slaves once worked and allowing them to feel the cruelty and hardship for themselves. Dolson wears clothing typical of Brazilian plantation owners and adopts the character of a plantation owner for show. In fact, she has even reportedly paid Afro-Brazilians to dress as slaves and serve coffee to guests. Not surprisingly, Brazilian authorities criticized the project for glorifying Brazil's history of slavery and forced her to stop mentioning slavery to advertise her plantation. Santa Eufrasia was erected in 1830, during the height of the Brazilian slave trade. It is estimated that nearly 5 million slaves were brought to Brazil between 1501 to 1866, about 40 percent of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas and more than any other Western country. Brazil was also the last country to abolish slavery in 1888, and Santa Eufrasia became unprofitable without slave labor. Elisabeth Dolson's direct descendant, Colonel Horacio Jose de Lemos, bought the plantation after abolishion and never used slave labor to run it. Although Dolson's idea to reopen the plantation as a tourist attraction certainly is original, it's no wonder that it has fired up a storm of controversy by forcing Brazilians to discuss a very uncomfortable part of their history.
Video courtesy of Plastic Jesus shows a life-sized gold sculpture of rapper Kanye West with arms outstretched in a Christ-like pose. Street artist 'Plastic Jesus' unveiled the statue on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on Thursday. The statue of West is holding nails in his outstretched arms while wearing a crown of thorns and standing on a plinth reading 'False Idol'. Plastic Jesus said the sculpture is a satire on the way society idolises celebrities.
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