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Gee whiz, artists are so sensitive! City sculptor Alex Gardega — seething over the “Fearless Girl” statue being placed across from Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” — has decided to retaliate with a work of his own. Gardega created a statue of a small dog, titled “Pissing Pug,” and his sloppily crafted pooch takes direct aim at “Fearless Girl” — or, at least, at her left leg. “This is corporate nonsense,” Gardega told The Post of “Fearless Girl,” saying it was put opposite artist Arturo Di Modica’s famed bull as a publicity stunt by a Boston-based financial firm.

With hopes of dispensing the "perfect antidote" to the stock market crash of 1987, Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica spent two years welding a 7,000-pound bronze bull statue designed to capture the resilience of the American people. Under the cover of night and without a permit, he installed his massive Charging Bull directly before the New York Stock Exchange, a gift New Yorkers loved but New York City initially hated. Authorities removed it, but later reinstalled it under pressure at a small public park in the financial district. In the 18 years since, it has become an institution. Then last...

The recently placed "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street donned President Trump's iconic "Make America Great Again" hat last week while a large American Flag was displayed in the background, prompting many in the liberal media outlets to condemn the action. For those unaware of this statue's brief history, it was installed earlier in March as a symbol of diversity in the workplace by State Street Global Advisors, a massive international asset managing company. The girl faces Wall Street's legendary "Bull" statue, which of course represents a profitable "bull market". The Fearless Girl statue portrays a young women staring defiantly...