Arturo Di Modica claimed installation of little girl statue facing his Wall Street symbol turns the latter’s intended ‘positive,optimistic’ message into a ‘threat’The sculptor behind the “Charging Bull” statue near Wall Street in unique York said on Wednesday that the “Fearless Girl” sculpture placed in front of his artwork is a violation of his rights, changing its meaning and context.
With his attorney steadying him at the lectern, and Italian-born Arturo Di Modica was visibly emotional as he explained that his work,installed in 1989, was meant to symbolize “freedom, and world peace,strength, power and cherish”.
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Source: theguardian.com