No, not this kind of blue Mustang;
This kind of blue mustang.
Wolf found this blue fiberglass Mustang statue that's stirred up some people in Denver.
Quote:
Rearing 32 feet high, the metallic blue mustang sculpture demands the attention of every traveler through Denver International Airport.
But the wild look of "Mustang" is prompting some to wonder if the sculpture installed just a year ago should be moved somewhere less prominent. Alternate monikers suggested for the horse with the glowering eyes include "Bluecifer," "Satan's Steed" and "Blue Devil Horse."
|
Apparently some local do-gooders have started a campaign to protect their fellow travelers from the Devil's mustang.
Quote:
"What exactly was the deal with that horse?" said Rachel Hultin, a Denver real estate agent who's behind a Facebook site that derides the sculpture.
~snip~
"It's not the image you want in your head as you're about to board a plane," said Christie Carlson of the Denver suburb of Thornton. "My daughter asked me 'Is that the devil's horse?'"
|
OMG, think of the children!
On the other side;
Quote:
Stan Ryland, a business development manager from Huntington Beach, California, isn't bothered by the horse's look.
"That's what horses in the wild look like," he said as he waited to board a plane Saturday. "They survived the wilderness and the mean ones led the pack."
|
Some think the statue is evil because it killed the artist;
Quote:
The city of Denver commissioned the fiberglass sculpture from New Mexico artist Luis Jimenez in 1993, two years before the airport opened. His 1969 sculpture "Man on Fire" and 1990's "Vaquero" have been displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
In 2006, Jimenez was killed when a section of the unfinished horse fell from a hoist at his Hondo, New Mexico, studio. Jimenez's sons, Adan and Orion, completed the sculpture, which was installed Feb. 11, 2008.
|
This statue wasn't their first choice though;
Quote:
|
Jimenez's widow, Susan Jimenez, said the original proposal was for a sculpture of a buffalo stampede. That was rejected because buffalo were hunted to near extinction in the West.
|
Buffalo? Heaven forbid... makes the politically-correct-police all queasy, you know.
I think people with too much time of their hands, sure can find dumb shit to worry about.
link