Art sights in Denver
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Dancers
Frozen in joyful two-step, Jonathan Borofsky's whimsical Dancers invite rushing traffic to stop and play. The centerpiece of Sculpture Park, they supervise live music and lounging picnickers in summer and rise eerily from the snow in winter. Initially a controversial buy for conservative citizens, they're a symbol on scale with Denver's ambition to be the cultural capital of the West.
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Mesteño
Nicknamed 'Bluecifer,' this 32-ft blue stallion with hellish, gleaming red eyes greets visitors to and from DIA, and is the subject of much controversy in Denver. Morbid factoid: during its creation, one of the stallion's legs fell on creator Luis Jiménez, severing an artery in his leg and leading to his death.
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I See What You Mean
Lawrence Argent's I See What You Mean is better known around town as the Big Blue Bear, who peers into the mammoth convention center as if wondering 'What are those little pink conventioneers prattling on about?' Standing at the feet of the 40ft tall beast and taking in the blue sky above is among the city's most provocative vistas.
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Yearling
This wonderful sculpture by Donald Lipski sits outside the Denver Public Library, where it was installed in 1998 after spending a year in New York City's Central Park. The Horse on the Chair, as it's known, stands 21ft high and has a whimsy, humor and magic to it that has helped it become one of the city's favorite landmarks.
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Bronco Buster
Denver sculptor A Phimister Proctor became nationally famous with this 1920 bronze of the Bronco Buster, a symbol of the city. Fun fact: Proctor's model for the cowboy was arrested for murder before the statue was done. At Proctor's insistence, the accused was allowed to continue posing until the sculpture was finished.
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Big Sweep
Large enough to whisk away a Volkswagen, this giant dustpan's color was chosen by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen to complement Denver's clear skies.
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