A handmaid in Whitworth Park?

At lunch today I went to take a picture of the Whitworth Art Gallery's Bee. It was one of the smaller scale Big Bees so was inside near the cafe. As I looked out of the window, I saw this statue in the distance and immediately thought it was a handmaid from Margaret Atwood's book.

I've never seen it before, it's the most odd statue! There's no face at all, it's just completely flat like half of the face was sliced off. It's stood so close to this black plinth yet there is nothing to read on that side. 

The discs contain text which starts "One could have imagined him a thousand years old. He fired again into the same spot". I googled it and it comes from George Orwell's description of shooting an elephant whilst he was in Burma. It's very descriptive, and sad, when you read the whole piece.

There's no information about this statue and now I'm intrigued about who they are, what they are looking at and the connection to George Orwell. It looks like I will have to return to Whitworth Park and ask in the Art Gallery for more information!

Quote for today:
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

UPDATE: Courtesy of the Whitworth Art Gallery

"The statue is called 'Bending' and is part of a group of 9 statues called 'Coronation Park.' It is by the New Delhi based group Raqs Media Collective, who had an exhibition at the gallery earlier this year which was called Twilight Language.

The figure is based on traditional images of power, particularly during British rule in India. However, they are playing on that imagery, so for example rather than being on the plinth where one might expect it to be, the statue has been removed from that position of power and is instead bowing almost reverently towards it. Furthermore, the statue features no face, which is hinting at the corruptible nature of power.

The plinth also contains three quotes from an essay by George Orwell, called Shooting an elephant. This was written during his time as a police office in Burma during British rule there."