Artist William Kentridge says Winston Churchill statue should be buried so we can ‘look down’ on him

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South African artist William Kentridge has said we should bury statues of figures including Winston Churchill so we may “look down upon them”.

Kentridge, whose art reflects on South Africa’s colonial past, spoke to The Art Newspaper about the toppling and sinking of Bristolian trans-Atlantic slave trader Edward Colston’s statue. He also addressed the Mayor of London’s decision to protect statues of Winston Churchill and other colonial era figures amid Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020.