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Mihail Simeonov
Mihail Simeonov (Bulgarian: Михаил Симеонов) (1929–2019) was a Bulgarian-born artist who moved to Tunis, then New York City, and finally Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He is best known for his ''Cast the Sleeping Elephant Project'', a life-size bronze statue of an African elephant. It was produced by making an alginate cast in 1980 of a live, wild Kenyan elephant bull, which survived the 72-minute process unharmed. The bronze statue made from the cast was inaugurated in 1998 by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and is installed outside UN Headquarters in New York. ''Simeonov v. Tiegs'', a lawsuit that Simeonov brought in 1993 against model Cheryl Tiegs, is a leading case in the field of artists' rights under U.S. law. The court held that Simeonov's First Amendment right to free speech in making casts of Tiegs's body outweighed her right to privacy The right to privacy is an element of various legal traditions that intends to restrain governmental and private actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihail Simeonov (1983) By Erling Mandelmann
Mihail Asen Simeonov (Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...: Михаил Симеонов) (May 31 1929–December 29 2021) was a Bulgarian-born artist who moved to Tunis, then New York City, and finally Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He is best known for his ''Cast the Sleeping Elephant Project'', a life-size bronze statue of an African elephant. It was produced by making an alginate cast in 1980 of a live, wild Kenyan elephant bull, which survived the 72-minute process unharmed. The bronze statue made from the cast was inaugurated in 1998 by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and is installed outside UN Headquarters in New York. ''Simeonov v. Tiegs'', a lawsuit that Simeonov brought in 1993 against model Cheryl Tiegs, is a leading case in the field of ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |