Bull Pulpit: The Wall Street Bull's Company Gets Company
In case you don't know the story, an artist put out a big bull sculpture by Wall Street. Another artist added a defiant girl in front of the bull. Then the first artist came back and put a peeing pug by the girl.)
I think it's hilarious. It's exactly art. Art piling on art piling on art. (Wall Street bull...then defiant girl...then pug lifting leg by girl.) I can't wait to see what's next.
"'That's an a-hole move. You call this art?' said one woman, who kicked the dog statue as she walked by" https://t.co/Z3X55Z26gx
— ElizabethNolanBrown (@ENBrown) May 31, 2017
Note: Women crying foul over this because the dog is peeing on a girl are not my equals -- or men's.
I judge women these days by whether they have a sense of humor about things or go immediately pantybunched.
"I judge women these days by whether they have a sense of humor about things or go immediately pantybunched".
Like you on the subject of the current administration? Or Islam?
Isab at May 31, 2017 6:55 AM
I forget who it was but someone suggested sculpting a flea to go on the dog. I'm all for it.
(It was probably @iowahawkblog.)
Grey Ghost at May 31, 2017 6:59 AM
FYI: The pissing pug was put up by a 3rd artist, not the original artist of the bull.
Next up, statue of man pointing gun. And the viewer can decide if gun is pointed at pug, girl, bull, Wall Street, or grievance du jour.
Turk at May 31, 2017 7:01 AM
The entire "defiant girl" statue doesn't even make sense. The bull symbolizes the energy and vigor of the stock market. The little girl is opposing this? Against capitalism? Ah, yes, feminists against capitalism, how progressive. Feminists who want good jobs and lots of benefits paid with taxes provided by businesses...
cc at May 31, 2017 7:18 AM
Does New York City not have any laws? It seems like statues are being erected there willy-nilly.
Conan the Grammarian at May 31, 2017 7:49 AM
All that's missing to make them go nuclear is a statue of a smiling anthropomorphic frog doing Rodin's The Thinker pose.
Sixclaws at May 31, 2017 8:11 AM
Why do so many women (especially so called feminists) seem to constantly search for ways to be offended?
(Cue chants of sexist, sexism, misogyny for above comment)
Jay at May 31, 2017 8:21 AM
How about Kermit drinking his cup of tea? But that's none of my business.
Meanwhile, they think that a womyn-only screening of Wonder Woman is totally fine...
I R A Darth Aggie at May 31, 2017 9:29 AM
What cc said
lujlp at May 31, 2017 9:39 AM
I despise that girl statue. It's the perfect symbol for modern feminism: it makes zero sense.
The dog is kind of funny, though I'm with the original bull sculptor that this girl was an unauthorized addition to his work and should be removed.
momof4 at May 31, 2017 9:52 AM
☑ cc at May 31, 2017 7:18 AM
Crid at May 31, 2017 12:29 PM
The tragedy of the bronze commons... I expect the area to be cluttered with dozens of statues a few months from now. It'll be a free speech zone for sculptors!
Cousin Dave at May 31, 2017 12:42 PM
cc:
:The entire "defiant girl" statue doesn't even :make sense. The bull symbolizes the energy and :vigor of the stock market. The little girl is :opposing this? Against capitalism?
The little girl is clever advertising for an investment fund.
kenmce at May 31, 2017 2:20 PM
OMG this is hilarious! I can't wait to see what happens next.
Daghain at May 31, 2017 6:06 PM
The bull is a work of art and should stand alone.
The girl is a piece of crap (installed by an asset management company) that I could live with as a very temporary installation, but it's high time it should go. Its alleged message makes no sense on either a literal or metaphorical level.
The pug is freaking hilarious, and if the stupid girl stays, I say pug should stay, too.
I should note -- the artist who created the bull devoted 2 years and $350,000 to the effort. He put it up in 1989 to inspire the city after the market crash. He still owns both the statue and the copyright to it. (NYC did not pay him for it.) He could move it, if he liked, though he'd rather it stay where it is (a sentiment pretty universally shared by New Yorkers).
I think he has every right to ask that Fearless Girl be moved (or, alternatively, to move his own statue, which would really be a loss for NYC). The little girl's alleged message depends entirely on the bull -- and moreover requires the viewer to change the bull's symbolism from a positive one (a triumphant market roaring back) to a negative one (sexist male domination). Moreover, the bull artist's intended meaning is entirely lost because the bull can now only be seen in the context of the defiant bull.
Fearless Girl is bullshit. No pun intended.
The pug, however, is awesome. I laughed my ass off when I saw the pictures. (Unfortunately, I never got to see pug in person.)
Gail at May 31, 2017 6:07 PM
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