Last month, the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation (NMSMF) announced a shortlist of five sculptors who will be considered to craft the statue.
Now, Paul Ferriter, Alan Herriot, Kenny Hunter, Hector Guest and David Mitchell have produced maquettes of their designs.
The models will be on public display in Glasgow City Chambers every weekday from 1pm on Friday 7 November until 14 November (excluding 11 November).
Visitors are asked to book online, where they can share their views and arrange to see the models.
Brian Filling, NMSMF Chair and Honorary Consul for South Africa, said: “We are delighted to have reached this stage in the project to create a statue of Nelson Mandela in the street that bears his name.
“Nelson Mandela remains a symbol of the struggle to make the world a better place and a beacon for the continuing struggle against racism.”
In 1986, the city honoured the freedom fighter by renaming St George’s Place in the city centre to Nelson Mandela Place.
The 20th century version of a quote tweet, this was a shot across the bow of the South African government, whose consulate-general was located across the street.
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Shortly after his release in 1993, Mandela visited Scotland and famously thanked the people of Glasgow in an address at the City Chambers.
Mandela said: “While we were physically denied our freedom in the country of our birth, a city 6,000 miles away, and as renowned as Glasgow, refused to accept the legitimacy of the apartheid system, and declared us to be free.”
Speaking more than thirty years later, Filling added: “We hope that many people will view the maquettes in the City Chambers and make their views known so that it becomes the People’s Statue reflecting their identification with the struggle of Nelson Mandela and the South African people.”