The 32-foot sculpture of a seemingly bloodthirsty bronco is the work of artist Luis Jiménez. Commissioned as public art for the airport and installed in 2008, the horse represents the wild spirit of the old American west. It has also come to represent death, destruction, and deluded debates.
The surprising winter storm isn't the first strange story about the Denver Airport. Conspiracy theorists have claimed the site is everything from the Illuminati headquarters to a hide-out for Nazis. But one truly disturbing aspect of the airport? The giant horse statue outside.
Jimenez is very much a contemporary artist whose roots are in pop art, as much as they are in both the modernism of the Mexican muralists and the regionalism of Benton and Grant Wood. Heroic sculptures are Mr. Jimenez’ forte, but his art is for the people.
In Denver it is known as DIA's "freaky, blue demon horse of death." From Denver's alt weekly, Westword: The enormous “Mustang” sculpture finally made its way to the ground of Denver International Airport yesterday (02/12/2008), only fourteen years past deadline.
A statue of a giant male horse at Denver International Airport is freaking more than a few people out.
Blue Mustang, known to locals by the nickname Blucifer, is a cast-fiberglass sculpture of a mustang located at Denver International Airport.Colored bright blue, with illuminated glowing red eyes, it is notable both for its striking appearance and for having killed its creator Luis Jiménez when a section of it fell on him at his studio.
Airport Mustang from Hell. A large blue statue of the Denver … the entrance of Denver International Airport. The horse broke loose … the sculpture, …
Denver residents can now petition the city to get rid of "Mustang," a controversial statue at Denver International Airport. Today. After five years of either creeping out, intriguing or delighting travelers, the “Devil Horse” of Denver International Airport, as some critics call it, is getting a new round of attention, but it looks like it …
Nancy Fleming, a friend of the artist, said Jimenez was working on a huge fiberglass rendering of a rearing horse when he died. That sculpture, named Mustang, was bound for DIA. Fleming said he was making the statue in three pieces: the head, middle and legs.
23 responses to “Meet The Mustang, haunted killer blue horse sculpture of doom” The blue horse proliferates « The DIA Conspiracy Files June 24, 2009 at 5:22 am | Permalink The new symbol for the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky will be Lex The Horse, based off of this old-ass painting.
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