According to a quick visit to Wikipedia, the Charging Bull is a 7100 lb. bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica. However, like Magritte's famous This is not a pipe painting, art is seldom as simple as what it literally portrays. Many compare the sculpture to the famous (and infamous) Wall Street. The rippling muscles and sharp horns represent the strength and power Wall Street holds. The menacing face can be interpreted as the indiscriminate and unpredictable nature of Wall Street and the stock market. Even the posture of the bull creates a diagonal line that, in art, represents movement and energy, indicative of the countless transactions Wall Street is responsible for.
The bull fittingly attracts so many tourists in New York just as Wall Street has attracted businessmen and entrepreneurs from around the world. While anyone is able to stand around, take pictures with, and even touch the Charging Bull, not many are capable of controlling the real beast the sculpture represents.
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