RantCrush Top 5: May 31, 2017

People were really upset the other day when a third statue appeared on the site of the Charging Bull and the Fearless Girl on Wall Street in New York. The duo is accompanied by the Peeing Pug, a piece of art by Alex Gardega. Gardega claims that the statue of the girl is disrespectful to the artist of the bull, Arturo Di Modica, as he worked on his statue for many years and fought the city to keep it up. He said that the girl is not a piece of art by an individual artist, but a PR trick by a corporation. “This is corporate nonsense,” he said. “I decided to build this dog and make it crappy to downgrade the statue, exactly how the girl is a downgrade on the bull.”

This is Alex Gardega, the man who added 'pissing dog' next to 'Fearless Girl'

This is a misogynistic display regardless of what he says. pic.twitter.com/kr7IgSbmpX

— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) May 30, 2017

The little dog is peeing on the statue’s left leg. The vulgarity upset people and Gardega was accused of being misogynistic. But Gardega also received some support, given the controversy over the installation of the Fearless Girl in the first place. Di Modica has sued the company that placed the Fearless Girl there for trademark and copyright infringement. The artist behind the girl, Kristen Visbal, has not commented on the new addition.

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.