This past weekend, Trafalgar Square became a large outdoor art gallery with ninety-six of its globe sculptures on display across the square for visitors to see. The sculpture trails were placed in a few cities (including London) in the United Kingdom over the summer, but they were all spread out across the cities. They have finally been brought to one place for visitors to see in a grand finale. The globes are each unique and represent the history and more current and community events relating to the United Kingdom and people from Africa. Themes include imaginging a different world with black narrators as important historical figures, the slave trade, community, culture, and more. The globes raise awareness of racial concerns and issues. Eighteeen of these globes will be auctioned later this month to raise charity for racial justice programmes.
I went to visit the globe sculptures on Saturday morning, and the square was getting busier throughout the morning. The sculptures are located inside the square with some located at the top of the steps.
MFIKELA JEAN SAMUEL
KWAKU ANOKYE, POOR COLLECTIVE, GEOFFREY CHAMBERS, SUMUYYA KHADER, RODELL WARNER, GREGORY DAINES
AMY BOURBON
GLEN BROOKS AND JANE MOTA, RICHARD RAWLINS, KIMATHI DONKOR, LAURA BOLTON, MUSSARAT RAHMAN, Catherine Chinatree, LOU BOYCE, MARCIA BROWN, BS51, TAMIKA GALANIS
KASSESSA GANDARA
ROY MEATS, OSHII ROWAN, LAURA-KATE PONTEFRACT, NADIA AKINGBULE, CAROLINE DALY, ZITA HOLBOURNE
HAZEL BLUE
OLIVIA TWIST
MARCUS DOVE
Jay Percy
Ras Akyem
LAKWENA MACIVER
SOHAILA BALUCH
GHERDAI HASSELL
ÀSÌKÒ OKELARIN
FIONA COMPTON, SUSAN THOMPSON, VASHTI HARRISON, GABRIEL CHOTO, YINKA SHONIBARE CBE, SARAH OWUSU, NATASHA MULUSWELA, NICOLA CONSTANTINA
GODFRIED DONKOR
NICOLA GREEN
LARRY AMPONSAH
PHOEBE BOSWELL
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JULIANKNXX
ADAM GROSE
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KIM THOMPSON
PARYS GARDENER
CURTIS HOLDER
NEEQUAYE DREPH DSANE
DEANNA TYSON
HAMED MAIYE, JIONI WARNER, CAROL SORHAINDO, JOANNA COHN, x, FODAY DUMBUYA, JESS PERRIN, KAZVARE
ABBI BAYLISS
BRYONY BENGE-ABBOTT
LUCY EDKINS
BANDELE IYAPO
SUCHI CHIDAMBARAM
SHANNON BONO
RICHARD MENSAH
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
ALI ELLY
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DONNA NEWMAN
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ABBI BAYLISS
GE
JOSHUA DONKOR
GAYANI ARIYARATNE
JASMINE THOMPSON
SHIVANEE RAMLOCHAN
PAULINE BAILEY
KOBY MARTIN
ANDREA CUMMING
HANNAA HAMDACHE, SARAH MENSAH & GABRIELLE UBAKANMA
ALVIN KOFI
SERENA SUSSEX
ALISON TURNER
ALISON TURNER
GLORY SAMJOLLY
WINSTON BRANCH
FIONA COMPTON & HAILEY GONZALES
GIL MUALEM-DORON
JARVIS BROOKFIELD
KIONE GRANDISON
EMMANUEL UNAJI
EMMA BLAKE MORSI
KIALY TIHNGANG
The World Reimagined sculptures were on display in Trafalgar Square for the weekend in the middle of November.
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