Let's get one thing clear: none of the statues on Wall Street are great. The original charging bull with his shiny brass balls glorifies hyper-masculinity in a way that makes lots of people uncomfortable. The Fearless Girl is the epitome of "girl power" corporate feminism. And this "Pissing Pug" by Alex Gardega just raises the question of "dude, why are you dying on this hill?"
Gardega planted a statue of a peeing dog next to Fearless Girl, telling the Post, "I decided to build this dog and make it crappy to downgrade the statue, exactly how the girl is a downgrade on the bull." His main criticism is that Fearless Girl has "nothing to do with feminism," which, fair, but also now your dog is a crappy downgrade on a crappy downgrade on an already mediocre statue, so way to add to the discourse.
Anyway, welcome to the new reality, where every work of public art will get a dozen reaction pieces around it. Soon there will be a statue of a woman kicking the pug. And then a statue of a animal rights activist yelling at that woman. And then one of a little boy in a pussy hat waving his finger at that man. And then one of Sean Spicer watching it all unfold from the bushes. And soon no one will be able to get to their offices on Wall Street through the bronze menagerie and all the banks will fold and society will begin anew.
NY1 reports that Gardega's statue has already been removed. Fine. Whatever. Nobody wins.
