Denver International Airport knows how to pick sculpture. First there was the giant, blue, fiery-eyed “Mustang” dubbed “Bluecifer” that killed its own maker. Now, DIA deemed Anubis – a 26-foot tall, seven-ton jackal-head and Egyptian god of the dead – as appropriate airport public art mascot.
Some visitors are alarmed to be greeted by the Lord of the Underworld that usually ushers the dead through their afterlife journey, but Anubis also watches over prized pharaoh possessions. Tap it for good luck not to have your luggage looted by overzealous TSA?
One Denver resident blames the curatorial decision on geography:
It’s because the elevation is high … and as a result everyone in Denver is probably high or crazy. All kinds of weird things happen here.
As a some-time Denver resident I love the sculpture work that's popped up there recently. This statue is just plain cool, as is the even cooler blue horse and the coolest of all, the giant blue bear at the convention center. Since I last lived there about 5 years ago, Denver has shown it self to be a city willing to take some risks, and the last time I went there I could really see how much more fun and exciting it is than it used to be. The dispensaries certainly don't hurt either.
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I was there on Sunday and noticed this thing for the first time. My dear, this is just the tip of the iceberg:
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