Posted on 09/11/2026 9:56:56 AM PDT by Cronos
A new sculpture has been unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square, where it will stand for the next two years. “Lady in Blue,” by New York-based artist Tschabalala Self, is a bronze statue of an anonymous young Black woman wearing a form-fitting blue dress, matching heels and glass beaded jewelry. She’s strong and she’s going places.
It is the 16th statue to be installed on the so-called Fourth Plinth, as part of an ongoing public art commission first launched by the Royal Society of Arts and today supported by the Mayor of London, Arts Council England and Bloomsbury Philanthropies.
“Lady in Blue” stands out against the 19th-century historical landmarks that already occupy the square, namely Nelson’s Column and Landseer’s Lions. Instead of commemorating the past, Self wanted to represent the contemporary everywoman. “I wanted to direct everyone’s attention to the future,” the artist said during an interview at Pilar Corrias gallery ahead of the statue’s unveiling. “I don’t think there are enough monuments that are about our shared future to come.”
It is also one of the rare statues in the UK depicting a Black woman. Out of around 1,500 statues in London, just a handful represent women of color. Self, who is known for her distinct depictions of the Black female body that generate discourse around intersections of race, gender and sexuality, is not surprised by this statistic. “I really want people to take away from the sculpture the feeling that they can feel free to exist as they are without explanation,” she said.
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Big Mike?
It’s a caricature were I a black woman I’d be rather insulted
London? Soon to be wearing a Burka
Food stamp office.
Tintin or tittit?
Gross.
She looks like R. Crumb’s character “Angelfood McSpade”
It is a huge joke, and its woke promoters don’t even realize it.
It’s not to a particular person. It’s not to a famous event. It represents no explicit virtue
Hideous!
Mum, why did someone put a statue of a fat black woman of the evening in the square where we honor Lord Nelson. Eh, Mum?
Remember the trend a few years ago when they were tearing down statues everywhere?
COMMUNIST GOAL 22- Create ugly art.
AS UGLY AS ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN
Dunkin', Krispy Kreme, or Dairy Queen?
London? Soon to be wearing a Burka
and she’s going places.
Either to the SNAP office or Walmart....
Juat another transposed American whore.
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