What a Giant Sculpture Of An Electric Fan Says About Attitudes Towards Immigrants.
In 1967 the American artist Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) made a drawing proposing a new monument to replace the Statue of Liberty. It was part of a series of drawings of fantastical sculptures Oldenburg was working on in the late 1960s called ‘Proposed Colossal Monuments’.
Claes Oldenburg, Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C. — Teddy Bear (1965)
They included a giant teddy bear for Central Park, and a huge ice cream blocking up Park Avenue in Manhattan.