Dr Erinma Bell (b.1964), MBE, DL
Entry ID
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115 (08/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Dr Erinma Bell (b.1964), MBE, DL
Description of the sculpture
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Portrait head of Dr Erinma Bell, an urban community peace activist whose work has been instrumental in tackling gang culture and gun crime in the Moss Side and Longsight areas of Manchester. She is also co-founder and chair of CARISMA - Community Alliance for Renewal Inner South Manchester Area.
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This sculpture is cast from 50 melted-down seized firearms.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Head
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 48 cm
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Width: 31.5 cm
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Depth: 43 cm
Materials
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Metal (unidentified)
Specific techniques used
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Casting
Overall colour
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Monochrome – other
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking outwards (engaging viewer)
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twenty-first century (2000 -2099)
Date of Production
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2016
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Commemorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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THX059001
Notes
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This sculpture of Dr Erinma Bell is the first ever sculpture of a woman to be on display in the Manchester Town Hall.
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/959, . (no date) ‘Dr Erinma Bell (b.1964), MBE, DL’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/953
