New York artist places a ‘Pissing Pug’ at the feet of the ‘Fearless Girl’
A New York artist is sparking controversy after he installed a paper mache dog that appeared to be urinating on the recently installed and highly popular “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street.
Artist Alex Gardega said he placed the piece, which he called the “Pissing Pug,” on Monday around 9 a.m. and removed it around noon the same day.
In an interview with the Globe, Gardega said he created the piece as a rebuke to State Street Global Advisors, which was behind the surprise installation of the “Fearless Girl” that first appeared back in March ahead of International Women’s Day. The statue depicts a young girl with her fists defiantly placed on her hips, staring down the much larger statue of a charging bull on Wall Street.
Gardega said he didn’t think the “Fearless Girl” statue represented feminism, because it was commissioned by State Street and not created by an independent artist.
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