Fearless Girl
| Fearless Girl | |
|---|---|
| File:Fearless Girl.jpg The sculpture on March 8 (International Women's Day), 2017 | |
| Artist | Kristen Visbal |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Fearless Girl is a bronze sculpture of a defiant girl by Kristen Visbal,[1] installed on the Bowling Green, in Manhattan's Financial District, in the U.S. state of New York.[2]
History
In 2017, State Street Global Advisors (in a campaign developed by McCann New York)[3] installed the statue facing Charging Bull, another bronze, on the eve of International Women's Day (March 8). Fearless Girl is meant to "send a message" about workplace gender diversity and encourage companies to recruit women to their boards.[4] The sculpture's installation is temporary; it is expected to stay in place at least several weeks.[5] It was initially given a New York City Hall permit for one week, later extended to 30 days.[6]
A petition on Change.org asking for the statue to be made permanent gathered 2,500 signatures in its first 48 hours.[6][7]
See also
- 2017 in art
- Day Without a Woman, a general strike held on March 8, 2017
- Women in business
References
- ^ Schwedel, Heather (March 7, 2017). "A Bronze Little Girl Has Arrived to Face Down the Wall Street Bull. This Should Go Well". Slate. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Wiener-Bronner, Danielle (March 7, 2017). "Why a defiant girl is staring down the Wall Street bull". CNNMoney. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Dobnik, Verena (2017-03-09). "Behind NYC's 'Fearless Girl' statue are 2 corporate giants". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ Fierberg, Emma; Levy, Rachael (March 7, 2017). "A $2.5 trillion asset manager just put a statue of a defiant girl in front of the Wall Street bull". Business Insider. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ "'Fearless Girl': New statue stares down Wall Street's bull". The Mercury News. Associated Press. March 8, 2017.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Revesz, Rachel (March 9, 2017). "Campaign launches to make 'Fearless Girl' statue on Wall Street permanent". The Independent. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Bisaria, Anjali (10 March 2017). "People Have Now Launched A Campaign To Make The 'Fearless Girl' Statue Permanent At Wall Street". IndiaTimes. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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