How does this artwork elucidate its The inspiration?
The statue was inspired by the now-famous July 2020 photo by AP photographer Oded Balilty of Nimrod Gross, a protester holding the Israeli flag in full force while being sprayed forcefully by a police water cannon. The photo received widespread publicity on social media and in the press and became a symbol of the protests. While the statue was inspired by this event, the figure it represents is generic.
Zalait also stated that he was influenced by the Italian artist Arturo Di Modica who in 1987 placed the Charging Bull statue on Wall Street at the New York Stock Exchange and also was inspired by the Ink Flag and of the iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. The decision to create the statue took shape on the morning after he had placed his previous exhibit, "The Last Supper" at Rabin Square on July 28, 2020.
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