Wall Street Bull Crocheted
NYC’s Crocheted Olek (a.k.a. Polish-born Agata Olek) hit up the Wall Street Bull and encapsulated it inside crocheted neon. “It lasted 2 hours,” she tells HFA, “but it was there…” She writes that it’s “a tribute to the sculptor of the bull, Arturo di Modica, who in another guerrilla act, placed the bull on Wall Street in Christmas of 1987 as a symbol of the ‘strength and power of the American people’ following the 1987 Stock Market crash.” And there it was. Since the bull is fully visible, and not horn-tip-deep in snow, this happened before the storm. Nice timing, Olek.
by Marina Galperina on December 27, 2010 at 11:00 am
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Awesome!
Neatest thing I ever saw!
Too bad they said "knitted" as if the stitches were interchangeable; crochet is somewhat different.
Amended.
the bull needs it, it's too cold!
Too bad they didn't leave it up – Wall Street could use some lightheartedness.
uh they said crochet….not knit
This is awesome!
A-Mah-Zing! ditto ham & Carol
When is it never crowded down there. I almost thought it was photoshopped. It's NEVER empty down there. It must have taken months to knit/crochet that much. Tthat's nice.
We can all use a good sweater this time of year! Fabulous job, Agata.
The Wall Street Bull covered in a camo sweater – awesome idea.
Cool!
Olek is great, check out her work @ oleknyc.com
HOORAY FOR "POLISH" HUMOR AND GREAT WORK
http://www.art4love.com is the real art.
The best part of this is that they somehow managed to crochet all those bits and peces the right size and shape -what leg work it must have taken!!!!
Great foto!!!