Charging Bull
The sculpture known as the Charging Bull was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. On December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building. Di Modica spent $360,000 of his own money for this guerrilla act. Having arrived penniless in the US in 1970, Di Modica felt indebted to America for welcoming him and enabling his career as a successful sculptor. Charging Bull was intended to inspire each person who came into contact with it to carry on fighting through the hard times. "My point was to show people that if you want to do something in a moment things are very bad, you can do it. You can do it by yourself. My point was that you must be strong".As soon as the sculpture was set up at Bowling Green, it became "an instant hit". Today it is a symbol of lower Manhattan second only to the statue of Liberty.
R.I.P. Arturo Di Modica (January 26, 1941 – February 19, 2021)
