Thursday, April 16, 2009

Trippin': Denver - Denver Art Musuem

100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy
Denver, CO 80204

So we didn't really go explore the inside of the Denver Art Museum. We just strolled around the area outside and was very impressed by that alone! There's just never any time for things like that. So much to see and no time to do it all. The actual design of the museum was gorgeous. All metal with sharp points and angles. Super modern and sleek. If you want to know more about what it looks inside, the person to ask would be big poppa. He had to pee really bad so he went inside the DAM to use their lavatory. Miss Flower Child and I stayed outside and enjoyed scenery and larger than life sculptures. There was a HUGE sculpture of a broom and dustpan entitled Big Sweep. The sculptors behind this piece was husband and wife team Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg. Their specialty was creating very large replicas of everyday items. I think my new obsession will be visiting all of their work that's located all over the world. Aside from the DAM, we walked towards the library saw a bit of the state capitol building from a distance. The other sculpture of significance was the one by the Denver Public Library of this huge red chair with a calf standing on top of it. It's entitled The Yearling and was created by Donald Lipski.


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