The artist who sculpted Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” is seeing red over the statue of the defiant girl placed in his snorting beast’s path – and says she should be carted away immediately.
The bull is art, Arturo Di Modica said of his bronze behemoth. The girl is, well, bull.
“That is not a symbol! That’s an advertising trick,” the 76-year-old Sicilian immigrant said, clutching his heart.
“Fearless Girl” was, in fact, commissioned as a publicity stunt tied to International Women’s Day by State Street Global Advisors STT, -0.23% a Boston-based investment company which manages some $2.5 trillion in assets. The firm said the girl is intended to promote its campaign urging “gender diversity in corporate leadership roles.”
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, Di Modica said. “Women, girls, that’s great, but that’s not what that (my sculpture) is,” he said in an interview from his Church Street art studio.
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that, Di Modica said. “Women, girls, that’s great, but that’s not what that (my sculpture) is,” he said in an interview from his Church Street art studio.
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I'm a feminist, but I agree with the bull's artist. The bull is a symbol of Prosperity, so standing defiant to that message is not a good idea, as someone noted in comments on that article.
ReplyDeleteIronic that I was reading that on a day when the market is tracking to have its worst day of 2017. So now the new sculpture is an even worse message.
What is a feminist in 2017? How long have you been a feminist?
DeleteThe sculptor of the girl graduated from Salisbury
ReplyDeleteI would rename it, "Stupid Girl".
ReplyDelete1:02pm I would also agree with the artist and with you. However it is extremely fitting as an example for what feminism has become. To much of anything is destructive. 2nd wave feminism was pushing it to the limits. 3rd wave feminism is just ludicrous.
ReplyDeleteIsnt it Ironic....don't ya think?
Put up another statue of a "Strange Uncle" right in front of her face.
ReplyDeletePerverts need a statue too.
Well in any event Wall St sure got it right with a bull. They should have placed a steaming pile behind it for even more accuracy.
ReplyDeleteWomen statically don't have interest in Wall Street based on college majors. 94 percent wage cap WITHOUT including choice of careers based college majors. If all factors are included their is NO wage gap. It's fake news. Part of the clinton campaign to get in office.
ReplyDeleteI'm with 4:31!
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