Lonely statues a metaphor for Brixton gentrification. I'm drawn to these statues. I feel a sense of their marginalisation.

The first public black statues commissioned in the United Kingdom left largely unloved and unrecognised, isolated, forgotten, while all around the sights and sounds of diverse and dynamic Brixton are relentlessly eradicated under the crushing heel of an unregulated free-market economy that prioritises profit over people.

Maybe they should be moved, liberated in fact, and taken to a more loving environment like Windrush Square.

But for now, here they stand in resolute silence in the dead of night, and in the bright early morning reminding us of the changing realities of our beloved Brixton. #BrixtonStatues #BlackHistoryMonth2020