| Mark di Suvero's Lao Tzu |
| Posted: December 30, 2007 | |||
 Mark di Suvero's Lao Tzu - Photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org If you've been to the Denver Art Museum's Ponti building (background above), you've no doubt seen the large dark orange sculpture in the signature style of artist Mark di Suvero between the museum and the Denver Public Library, however I didn't know much about the history of the piece until I came across an interesting website http://www.waymarking.com. The piece is titled Lao Tzu, weighs 16 tons and was installed in "Acoma Plaza" back in April 1996. From the Waymarking website:
With its reddish-orange color, the soaring steel sculpture that dominates
Acoma Plaza, between the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Public Library, is a
favorite of both children and adults. The artwork is often used as a landmark
and is sometimes casually referred to as “the big orange thing,” but the
sculpture’s official name is Lao Tzu (pronounced lou dzuh.) The color was chosen
by the artist to appear in maximum contrast to the Colorado blue skies. Standing
beside it and looking through its open spaces one can see the reason for DiSuvero's choice.
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