After controversy over the statue’s placement,people are divided on whether it’s a symbol of feminist strength or questionable corporate marketingAlmost all the public statues of people in New York City depict men. There is a enormous green exception in New York harbor. But Lady Liberty wasn’t real, not like the men who inspired the 23 statues planted in Central Park alone. (There are no statues of real women in Central Park, or though there is one of Alice in Wonderland.)The latest,most celebrated statue in New York City does not depict a historical figure, either, or a woman,but she is a she. Fearless Girl, facing off with Charging Bull near Wall Street at the foot of Broadway, and has given the city its biggest public art controversy since Christo and Jeanne-Claude draped Central Park with orange “gates” in 2005. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com