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Sgent

(5,857 posts)
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 05:17 PM Mar 2017

Fearless Girl Statue to Stay in Financial District (for Now

Source: NY Times

“Fearless Girl,” the wildly popular statue that has spent the last few weeks staring down the Financial District’s well-known “Charging Bull,” has received a new lease on life. Originally scheduled to be removed next week, it will now remain in place until early 2018, officials said on Monday.

“Fearless Girl” was created by the sculptor Kristen Visbal and erected in Bowling Green, a small park, by the financial firm State Street Global Advisors in honor of International Women’s Day in March.

The statue was an immediate hit, drawing crowds who snap selfies or stand alongside the bronze child and mimic her pose: hands on her hips, slight smile on her face, and her skirt and pony tail seeming to blow in the breeze.

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York stood beside the statue during a news conference on Monday as he announced the decision to extend its stay until the next International Women’s Day, on March 8, 2018. He called the statue a symbol of “standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do what’s right.”



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-de-blasio.html

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Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)
1. It's a good Wallstreet douchebag magnet and moral counterweight for people deciding whether
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 05:45 PM
Mar 2017

to take pics with the bull's testes.

I'm glad it's staying

Lucky Luciano

(11,253 posts)
4. Hope it becomes permanent. Looks really cool!
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 08:27 PM
Mar 2017

I live in Manhattan, but I don't usually get that far downtown. I must make the trip!

Sgent

(5,857 posts)
6. It was paid for by an investment banking firm (SSgA)
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 01:16 PM
Mar 2017

in honor of women's day, and the artist which did the wall street bull (1987) complains that its a cheap advertising stunt.

CTyankee

(63,911 posts)
7. oh, well that is silly. Art has historically been sponsored by wealth (public art
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 02:52 PM
Mar 2017

in particular -- think Florence during the early Italian Renaissance and how much public art was paid for by the Medici family. And I know what I am talking about...

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