Mihail Simeonov
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Mihail Simeonov is a Bulgarian artist living in New York.
He is notably known for his Cast the Sleeping Elephant Project, a life-size bronze statue of an African elephant. It was produced in 1980 by making an alginate cast 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 at UN Headquarters in New York.
Simeonov v. Tiegs, a lawsuit 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.
He is notably known for his Cast the Sleeping Elephant Project, a life-size bronze statue of an African elephant. It was produced in 1980 by making an alginate cast 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
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
and is installed at UN Headquarters in New York.
Simeonov v. Tiegs, a lawsuit Simeonov brought in 1993 against model Cheryl Tiegs
Cheryl Tiegs
Cheryl Rae Tiegs is an American model and actress.- Early years :Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota but raised in Alhambra, California, and she graduated from Alhambra High School in 1965. She also attended the California State University, Los Angeles and became a little sister to the Sigma...
, is a leading case in the field of artists' rights under U.S. law. The court held that Simeonov's First Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
right to free speech in making casts of Tiegs's body outweighed her right to privacy.