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Blue Mustang (colloquially known as Blucifer) [1] [2] is a cast-fiberglass sculpture of a mustang located at Denver International Airport (DEN). Colored bright blue, with illuminated glowing red eyes, it is notable both for its striking appearance and for having killed its sculptor, Luis Jiménez, when a section of it fell on him at his studio.
The project employed over 1,800 at-risk youth and has been responsible for the creation of over 105 murals throughout the city.In 1996 she created La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra ("Our Land Has Memory") for the Denver International Airport. [10]
Denver's public art program, which is financed by a mandatory 1% capital improvement budget, has resulted in a significant number of artworks being installed at the airport, where some can only be appreciated after passing through security. The artwork includes sculptures, murals, photos, sound art and paintings. [51] [52]
Luis Alfonso Jiménez Jr. (July 30, 1940 – June 13, 2006) was an American sculptor and graphic artist of Mexican descent who identified as a Chicano. [1] [2] He was known for portraying Mexican, Southwestern, Hispanic-American, and general themes in his public commissions, some of which are site specific.
The mural, Pasado, Presente, Futuro is in the Byers branch of The Denver Public Library and "blends myth and reality, dream and truth. The past, present, future are one blood: Chicano!" [7] This mural was commissioned by the Friends of the Denver Public Library in 1977 and included in the City of Denver Public Art collection. [7]
Two Canton and Akron area artists have transformed old airplane wings into vibrant and colorful pieces of art now on display at Akron-Canton Airport. ... Painting the mural took about 36 hours.
Of the dozens of murals Isaac Tapia and Rodrigo “Rico” Alvarez have created around town, perhaps the most prominent is their tableau on the walls of the new Kansas City International Airport ...
From 1913–1923, exhibitions of his work traveled to over 21 cities across the United States. In 1931, True's murals for Denver's Mountain Telephone & Telegraph building were exhibited at the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition in New York City. [14] In 1947, the Denver Art Museum showed a collection of True's mural studies and easel ...