Two red sculptures appear suddenly in city

An artist has installed two sculptures on a popular Bristol footbridge and above an well-known plot of land at risk of sale.

One of the sculptures - a teddy bear sitting on a swing that is hanging off Gaol Ferry Bridge - "evokes childhood and its lightness, reminding us of simple, carefree times," the artist James Colomina said.

The other is of a child wearing a conical dunce hat sitting on what is locally known at Turbo Island that is currently up for auction, installed on Wednesday.

Mr Colomina said the land is a "fond landmark to many Bristolians" and "must be saved".

Turbo Island - located on the corner of Jamaica Street in Stokes Croft, is up for auction starting at £50,000.

For many years it has been used by high street drinkers and homeless people as a place to congregate, and there is often a bonfire lit on the ground.

Mr Colomina said the piece "represents those who are isolated, shunned, or those who simply don’t fit into society’s boxes".

He added: "It is a symbol for the stigmatised minorities among us.

"The sculpture questions the value we place on these spaces and those who frequent them, while questioning how society can ignore these realities."