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Lao Tzu Red Steel Sculpture
Category: Public Services & Government Landmarks & Historical Buildings Landmarks & Historical Buildings [Edit]
100 W 14th Ave PkwyDenver, CO 80204
Neighborhoods: Southwest, Golden Triangle
(720) 865-5000
2 reviews for Lao Tzu Red Steel Sculpture
2 reviews in English
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Review from Christopher B.
Denver, CO
1/10/2011
Lao-Tzu is a funky and fun kinetic sculpture. Arms pivot and sway slightly in the breeze, and there are usually adventurous little kids hanging from it like fat little monkeys.
It simultaneously has a rigidity and a flow to it that I really dig. One of my favorite pieces of public art.
Check it out, and then check out a B-Cycle! There's a station right next to it!Listed in: Public art
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Review from misha r.
Denver, CO
7/23/2008 4 photos
Here's your art history lesson for the day, young grasshoppa'. The artist, Mark di Suvero, created this sculpture using a huge crane (Which he did from a wheel chair,) 16 tons of painted steel I-beams and arcs, and reconfigured it several times before he found it the way you see it today. The exact location wasn't chosen for the artist, as the DAM wanted to give the artist the free will to place it where he thought it would look best. That kind of freedom sent the new addition of the DAM back to the drawing board in 1996.
The title, "Lao Tzu," pays homage to the Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism. The sculpture is said to represent the yin and the yang in nature. It's weightless and heavy all at the same time, grounded, yet soaring. It does take your breath away the first time you see it. The red-orange color was specifically chosen to contrast the beautiful blues in the Colorado sky. It is much like a simple line drawing, made to fill up 30' by 36' of real space.
Located on Acoma park, between the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Public Library. This $800,000 gift to Denver was funded by a half a million dollar grant and other donations. Spectators gathering on the street actually cheered when the final cranes and cherry pickers finished the instillation. The 63 year old artist, born in China, to Italian parents ( now an American) must have been smiling too.
