New York, United States
The iconic statue of toro de wall street, symbol and tourist attraction of New York’s Financial District, orphaned after death at the age of 80 after the author, Italian sculptor Arturo from Modica, local media reported last Saturday.
From Modica, one Sicilian artist who arrived in the Big Apple in 1973 and spent four decades of his life there, battling cancer for years, and died yesterday Friday at his home in the city of Vittoria, Italy, according to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
His most famous work was the Charging Bull, an imposing three and a half ton bronze bull that has been a part of New York’s international image since 1989, when it was placed on Wall Street without permission and became a pilgrimage site for visitors.
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In a recent interview published today by La Reppublica, Di Modica himself explained that he created the image, which cost him $ 350,000, after the 1987 stock market crash, saw the suffering of the people and figured out what he could do for them that he already had. he had contemplated his city.
“It occurred to me to form a bull, the image of the growing stock market: it had to be a joke, a provocation. But instead it became something very serious. They told me that after the Statue of Liberty, Bowling Green’s ‘Chargin Bull’, a stone’s throw from the temple of finance, is the most visited monument in New York, ”he explained.
He also recalled the movie-worthy maneuver to illegally throw a ‘beast’ of such caliber onto the street, in a ‘five-minute’ operation while the police patrol guarding Wall Street was away, with a team of 40 colleagues, a truck and a tap.
The director of the New York Stock Exchange had the statue removed, but the sculptor paid a fine to get it back and placed it the next night at a point in Manhattan’s financial district called Bowling Green, where it is now 32 years old.
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Di Modica collided in 2017 with the area’s new sculptural protagonist, the “Girl Without Fear” by Uruguayan-American sculptor Kristen Visbal, who was installed to celebrate Women’s Day and after her complaint was handed over to the front of the building of the bag. .
“The message (from the bull) is for freedom in the world, peace, strength, strength and love. This is a negative thing, now the girl stands in front and says, now I’m here, what are you going to do?” the sculptor.
Likewise, New York City Council had tried in recent years to move the bull from place to place for safety reasons, but it was also unsuccessful, in part due to the author’s opposition, who stated that his work cannot be used for commercial purposes without his consent.