Since when did the Artist's intent matter? It's what you see the statue as - I see it as victory.
If artist's intent mattered, Iggy Pop wouldn't be singing about Heroin addiction to pimp cruise lines, Ronnie Raygun wouldn't have used a Bruce Springsteen song about blue collar alienation and hardship to pimp his campaign, Clinton wouldn't have had a song about domestic abuse to pimp his, and on, and on,....