Brooklyn artist Leon Reid IV launched a Kickstarter campaign this month in the hopes of dressing up the George Washington statue in Union Square (as he once did with Abraham Lincoln overseas). Specifically, Reid wanted to add props like an "I ♥ NY" hat, a subway map, and local shopping bags to make "a comic reflection of New York's tourist industry and spark public curiosity as to Washington's role in New York City history." Art In Odd Places was hoping to include the piece in their festival in October, and called Reid's work "very intelligent." But the city doesn't think so.
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FYI: You Can't Dress Up NYC Statues To Look Like Tourists
City's Statues Get Caped
Instead of the red capes initially reported being put on the city's statues, it looks like NBC's The Cape is adorning the figures with the black/blue cape the show's namesake wears. They still look pretty silly, but at least they're accurate. NBC has rolled out an interactive map of the 30 statue locations, with information about the person depicted, and obvious promotion aside it's actually pretty interesting! Most people will be content to wonder why someone threw a black sheet around that statue of Giuseppe Verdi, but if you have Twitter and nothing to do with your days, there could be something in it for you.
The Cape Promotion Sounds Really Stupid
Just from watching the ads, NBC's new show The Cape looks pretty uninspired. Wronged cop goes undercover as a superhero to take the law into his own hands after learning stunts from circus folk? Too close to Batman with Dick Grayson's backstory. But to promote the show, NBC plans to drape several Brooklyn statues with red capes in order to generate some buzz for the show. Because the show takes place in Brooklyn Palm City. And we can just ignore that The Cape's cape appears to be blue.
Statues in NYC Favor Men
Did you know that of the 150ish historical statues in all of New York City there are only five of real women? According to NYC Statues, Joan of Arc was the first, and the others are Eleanor Roosevelt, Gertrude Stein, Golda Mier, and Harriet Tubman — who was the last one, put up in 2007.
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