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| Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon, Denver Post |
This definitely sends a message. I am not sure what the message is... The flashing red eyes are a bit creepy, especially at night. The public response has been strong, and much of it critical.
I was not able to get close enough to take a photo but here's one from the web from when the work was being installed.
Well, it turns out there's quite a story behind "Mustang," the most interesting part of which is that the statue is guilty of manslaughter. (Patricide?) A large piece of it fell on the artist when he was working on it and killed him. (Read more.)
Here's a closeup. The artist, by the way, was a well-known New Mexican sculptor named Luis Jimenez.
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Sad story about the death of the artist!!
ReplyDeleteThat's disturbing!
ReplyDeletewe were just out at the airport and you're right, the eyes are creepy!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyeah, I thought so - I was going to write about that. Then when I read about the statue's history, the eyes seemed sort of apropos. It is an impressive piece, though... a pity that the guy died making it.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to be critical of these things... does anyone have a =favorite= work of public art?
the eiffel tower - never been there but it's iconic, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSomeday, Paris. I've never been there either. Meanwhile, read 'Paris to the Moon,' by Adam Gopnik (?). It's brilliant, a collection of essays about an American family living in that great city. Loved the book.
ReplyDeleteMy sister used to live in a part of Seattle that had a great many public art installations, most of them very popular. The giant stone troll under the bridge... the statue of people waiting for a bus, which was dressed up for special occasions... and Meg lived near the Lenin statue (purchased from some former-Soviet city that no longer needed it).
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