{"id":13276,"date":"2009-01-31T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T01:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/01\/31\/demon-horse-revisited.html"},"modified":"2009-01-31T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T01:52:15","slug":"demon_horse_revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/31\/demon_horse_revisited.html","title":{"rendered":"Demon Horse revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evidently, there’s a grass roots effort to do something about the hideous<\/a> Demon Horse of Denver<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Hultin wants to see the huge blue statue with its red glaring eyes removed from its current location. She has created a Facebook page called “DIA’s Heinous Blue Mustang Has Got To Go<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

On her Facebook page, Hultin writes, “Is anyone else as mortified and offended by DIA’s 32 foot fiendish blue ‘Mustang’ statue as I am? Does anyone else find it to be the least welcoming public art exhibit imaginable? Are you perturbed by the chilling fact that Luis Jimenez, its creator, was killed by a piece of its torso?”<\/p>\n

The group’s membership swelled to more than 1,800 members by 3 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The site is hosting a “Heinous Blue Mustang Haiku Challenge,” with the poems being sent to the mayor’s office to encourage him to move the statue. <\/p>\n

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She said she is a realist and doesn’t expect the city to move it, but believes it’s hideous. She said the mustang’s glowing red eyes are simply creepy, and thinks the Convention Center’s big blue bear was a better choice of art for the city.<\/p>\n

 “It’s just a very uninviting piece. I would just like to think that the people, when they come to our city, the first piece of art that they see should be a little more welcoming,” Hultin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As Margie points out, if it’s meant to greet visitors, it’s facing the wrong way — it faces inbound traffic to the airport, with new arrivals getting a view instead of Demon Horse Butt.<\/p>\n

Now, having said all that, and heartily supporting the proposal that the horse be moved (or scrapped), I’m also a bit disturbed that folks object to it not because of its aesthetics, but because it’s, um, creepifying.<\/p>\n

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LaceyH<\/strong> “Seriously, that sculpture is scary and rather ominous … Particularly due to its past.”<\/p>\n

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Greeblemonkey<\/b> “I hate to say it, but I am creeped out by the DIA mustang too. I know the family wanted it up — but seriously? It’s evil!”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Guys, really — it’s not evil. It’s not demon-possessed or haunted. It’s just … ugly.<\/p>\n

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(via Mom)<\/p>\n

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