I AM QUEEN MARY, 2018.

A monumental work of art in bronze and coral stone will forever stand at the entrance to Copenhagen Harbor in recognition of a controversial era of Danish history. In a completely extraordinary sequence of events, the two artists La Vaughn Belle and Jeannette Ehlers' own initiative for a monument for justice and equality now get a permanent residence permit in front of Vestindisk Pakhus.

As a work of art, I AM QUEEN MARY is allegorical and ambiguous. The work is based on the historical person Mary Thomas, a black woman and hero who in 1878 fought for law and justice on the former Danish West Indies, the current US Virgin Islands. At the same time, it is a fusion of two women's bodies that meet across the Atlantic Ocean.