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Fearless girl: the story of one of the most famous statues in New York

'12.05.2020'

Source: RBC

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The statue "Fearless Girl" fascinated the inhabitants of New York. Fans dress her in bad weather, and many tourists imitate her pose to take a selfie next to the sculpture. Writes about this RBC.

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Fearless Girl appeared in New York on March 7, 2017, on the eve of International Women's Day. A bronze sculpture of a girl in a fluttering dress stood right in front of the iconic statue of an attacking Wall Street bull, symbolizing a growing market. The next day, crowds gathered around a new sculpture in Bowling Green Square to take a selfie.

One of the oldest American banks, State Street Global Advisors, erected this statue to draw attention to the role of women in the corporate States, or rather to their absence in the top management of American financial and investment corporations.

Initially, the girl’s feet had a sign that said “Know the power of women in leadership. SHE matters ”(Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference.). On the one hand, this is a slogan expressing the interests of women in leadership positions. But SHE is also the stock ticker of the State Street Bank’s Gender Diversity Index fund.

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The bank also sent letters to 3500 companies in the US calling for more career opportunities for women.

Initially, permission to install the statue was temporary, only for a week. After the New Yorkers signed a petition calling to leave the work of art in place, the city authorities extended the permit first for a month, and then for almost a year. The bronze statue conquered the hearts of New Yorkers and tourists. Fans dressed her in bad weather and imitated her pose - hands on her hips, her chin held high - to take a picture next to the Fearless Girl.

State Street commissioned a statue of a girl in a fluttering dress 36 inches (91,4 cm) high. The sculptor Kristen Wiesbal, who was entrusted with the project, increased the height to 50 inches (127 cm) to make the statue look proportional to the size of the Charging Bull statue - the attacking bull.

Both sculptures were initially conceived as temporary, but eventually remained in the city forever.

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How the attacking bull got to New York

A bronze bull appeared in New York in December 1989. The American sculptor Arturo Di Modica independently cast a three-ton sculpture, and then secretly, without any permission from the city authorities, installed it late at night under a giant Christmas tree near the New York Stock Exchange.

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The bull was supposed to be a symbol of US financial stability after the collapse of the American stock market in 1987. The sculptor called it a gift to the city dwellers for Christmas. He spent about $ 360 thousand on the creation, casting and delivery of the bull.

Police confiscated a sculpture installed without permission from the authorities on the same day, which provoked protests from residents of the city. New York authorities later decided to return the statue. The bull was installed a couple of blocks from the exchange, at the end of Broadway in front of Bowling Green Square. Since then, it has become a popular tourist attraction of the city.

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Moving to the exchange

Crowds of tourists around the "Fearless Girl" became an obstacle to traffic. In December 2018, the statue was transported to the central entrance of the New York Stock Exchange.

Near the sculpture of a bull on Bowling Green, a round bronze plate with the footprints of the girl was installed so that anyone could stand in her place. The attacking bull Arturo Di Modica was again left alone in the square.

Since then, the sculptor Kristen Wiesbal has made several copies of the "fearless girls", which now stand in London, Oslo and Melbourne. State Street even tried to sue the sculptor for making copies. Visball attorneys said State Street wanted to "deny her the ability to make a living with her art."

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