"Mustang" is reaching the 5-year point, at which time folks can petition for it to be removed.
While the statue has grown on me slightly as a familiar (if still ugly) sight, not to mention a Pavlovian trigger for full-vehicle renditions of the "Bad Horse" chorus, I wouldn't mind seeing it moved somewhere else on the airport property. It's in an oddly central spot where it is — especially with its tail facing visitors to the airport. Surely there's a location available somewhere in the new hotel / train complex under construction.
(h/t +Doug Dunfee)
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DENVER – The big blue statue of a bucking mustang at Denver International Airport drew praise and hatred from the very beginning. The giant sculpture titled “Mustang” turns five years old on Feb. 11 t…
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So make the Bad Horse gleeful, or he'll make you his mare…
At least it doesn't shout for "carROTS!"
http://youtu.be/W5WsYOaj3bc
Blucifer! I used to tell my kiddo that he stole the souls of poorly-behaved children. (She didn't believe me, but it was fun to say in the security line for the reaction.)
+Brittany Constable – Exactly. Bad Horse. He's Bad.
"Public art" should come with an opt-out expiration date. Five years, and automatic removal unless public comments bid it stay by a wide margin.
Nah … I like the opposite tack, like the current law: don't entertain any requests to remove for five year. That's long enough to get past shock value, and enough to begin building any familiarity and fandom the piece can gather.
Public art of any size is expensive. It shouldn't be too easy to get rid of (though it should be possible … eventually).
Maybe we could have an inter-municipality white elephant exchange. Rotate the bad art among several communities. Sharing the pain and maybe finding a home or the quirky pieces that you think is crap.
“Yeah, okay, we’ll trade this giant fiberglass horse for that, um … tube steel … whateveritis.”
The beautiful building I work in is marred by a gigantic piece of "public art" that almost everyone hates. The popular name for it is "the hanging penises." There's no way to get rid of it without spending a lot of political capital. Bleah!