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I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bu

I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull.

Geeek 8y ago
Its relatively new. Put there by State street[1] to promote gender diversity. [1]https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/06/state-street-fearless-girl-gender-equality https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/06/state-stree...
- dagw 8y ago
  I think it's more correct to say it was put there by State Street to promote State Street.
  - astura 8y ago
    Specifically, it was commissioned and put there to advertise this index fund: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHE/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHE/
  - Geeek 8y ago
    Perhaps click the link I included? Of course it was not placed there to promote anything but their name.
- paidleaf 8y ago
  > Its relatively new. Put there by State street[1] to promote gender diversity. It was put there to promote State Street, one of the oldest and biggest financial institutions in the country.
astura 8y ago
It's new. I also believe the "staring down the bull" location is not a permanent location. It was created to advertise an index fund. The bull statue is not located in front of the NY Stock Exchange building; it's located at Bowling Green Park ~2 block away. The sculptor of the bull statue is extremely opposed to the "staring down the bull" location; he believes it corrupts the meaning of his statue and exploits his work for profit. Which, IMO, is a fair position to take even if you are 100% in favor of gender parity. BONUS fun fact: The charging bull statue was originally unsanctioned guerrilla art.
- nofinator 8y ago
  The whole set-up is such an interesting work of art. If you asked a visitor who didn't know the background, "Which statue was installed by a corporation and which was guerilla art?", they would probably say the bull was corporate and the girl was unauthorized street art. And they would be 100% wrong.
  - pacala 8y ago
    Given the proliferation of CDO executive roles in contemporary corporate world, it's pretty obvious which one is corporate.
- anonu 8y ago
  Some people have also been critical of having a young girl as opposed to an older woman...
rhapsodic 8y ago
>I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull. You're joking, right? When that statue was put up, there was massive hype and media coverage that went on for days. And there was a controversy when the bull sculptor objected to the way that the girl statue was juxtaposed, and that got a lot of coverage. Including here on HN, IIRC.

I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull.

Geeek 8y ago

Its relatively new. Put there by State street[1] to promote gender diversity. [1]https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/06/state-street-fearless-girl-gender-equality https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/06/state-stree...

dagw 8y ago
I think it's more correct to say it was put there by State Street to promote State Street.
- astura 8y ago
  Specifically, it was commissioned and put there to advertise this index fund: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHE/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHE/
- Geeek 8y ago
  Perhaps click the link I included? Of course it was not placed there to promote anything but their name.
paidleaf 8y ago
> Its relatively new. Put there by State street[1] to promote gender diversity. It was put there to promote State Street, one of the oldest and biggest financial institutions in the country.

astura 8y ago

It's new. I also believe the "staring down the bull" location is not a permanent location. It was created to advertise an index fund. The bull statue is not located in front of the NY Stock Exchange building; it's located at Bowling Green Park ~2 block away. The sculptor of the bull statue is extremely opposed to the "staring down the bull" location; he believes it corrupts the meaning of his statue and exploits his work for profit. Which, IMO, is a fair position to take even if you are 100% in favor of gender parity. BONUS fun fact: The charging bull statue was originally unsanctioned guerrilla art.

nofinator 8y ago
The whole set-up is such an interesting work of art. If you asked a visitor who didn't know the background, "Which statue was installed by a corporation and which was guerilla art?", they would probably say the bull was corporate and the girl was unauthorized street art. And they would be 100% wrong.
- pacala 8y ago
  Given the proliferation of CDO executive roles in contemporary corporate world, it's pretty obvious which one is corporate.
anonu 8y ago
Some people have also been critical of having a young girl as opposed to an older woman...

rhapsodic 8y ago

>I never knew there's a sculpture of a fearless girl staring down the charging bull in front of the stock exchange building -- the media always just shows the bull. You're joking, right? When that statue was put up, there was massive hype and media coverage that went on for days. And there was a controversy when the bull sculptor objected to the way that the girl statue was juxtaposed, and that got a lot of coverage. Including here on HN, IIRC.