Yeah, this guy seems pretty chill.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/arts/design/02hors.html?em
Listen, giant blue horse at the Denver airport. You are the offensive, unnatural color of a horsezombie. You are outfitted with creepy horse balls, glow-in-the-dark death eyes, and, from what I can see in this picture you are fully twice the size of the entire airport and possibly the entire city of Denver. However, you were not content to merely threaten destruction with your inappropriate anatomy and ungodly mass; instead you went for maximum street cred, crushing and killing your creator with a giant piece of your torso. Seriously??? You think there aren't enough obstacles facing modern-day artists, what with the economy, and the mean landlord from RENT, and Kanye West? You need to add "risk of being brutally murdered by your own evil horse sculpture" to the mix? Also, I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news lately, but murder/suicide in airports is generally frowned upon by the American public these days.
As might be expected, the Sophisticated Almost-European Airport Commission for Extremely High Art and Expensive Wine Appreciation is standing by its controversial decision to install Nightmare Pony smack dab on the landing strip, despite a growing number of travellers totally losing their shit. A spokesperson explains, "We don’t want the work to convey things that would make people uncomfortable about flying.” Well mission accomplished, because although "Cobalt Stallion", or whatever, makes me pretty fucking uncomfortable about ever coming to Denver, I'm still cool with planes, the one place I will be safe when Pony has finished digesting Pony Artist and needs to feed again.
Fortunately for the well-regarded Advocates of Art Murder group, Homocidal Horse's supernatural powers apparently extend to mind control; its most outspoken critic, former Airport Liberation Leader and creator of an anti-horse facebook page (opinions-they're for kids too!), now claims "I’ve shifted gears from, ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate,’ to ‘Let’s try and understand it.'" Um, understand....what it wants to tell us? I'm not a certified body-language expert a la those guy in US Weekly who can always tell Jennifer Aniston is SAD based on her hair-do and hair highlight patterns, but if I had to interpret "Blue Mustang's" general message I'd say it is something along the lines of "I am Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds, do my bidding."
Listen, giant blue horse at the Denver airport. You are the offensive, unnatural color of a horsezombie. You are outfitted with creepy horse balls, glow-in-the-dark death eyes, and, from what I can see in this picture you are fully twice the size of the entire airport and possibly the entire city of Denver. However, you were not content to merely threaten destruction with your inappropriate anatomy and ungodly mass; instead you went for maximum street cred, crushing and killing your creator with a giant piece of your torso. Seriously??? You think there aren't enough obstacles facing modern-day artists, what with the economy, and the mean landlord from RENT, and Kanye West? You need to add "risk of being brutally murdered by your own evil horse sculpture" to the mix? Also, I don't know if you've been keeping up with the news lately, but murder/suicide in airports is generally frowned upon by the American public these days.
As might be expected, the Sophisticated Almost-European Airport Commission for Extremely High Art and Expensive Wine Appreciation is standing by its controversial decision to install Nightmare Pony smack dab on the landing strip, despite a growing number of travellers totally losing their shit. A spokesperson explains, "We don’t want the work to convey things that would make people uncomfortable about flying.” Well mission accomplished, because although "Cobalt Stallion", or whatever, makes me pretty fucking uncomfortable about ever coming to Denver, I'm still cool with planes, the one place I will be safe when Pony has finished digesting Pony Artist and needs to feed again.
Fortunately for the well-regarded Advocates of Art Murder group, Homocidal Horse's supernatural powers apparently extend to mind control; its most outspoken critic, former Airport Liberation Leader and creator of an anti-horse facebook page (opinions-they're for kids too!), now claims "I’ve shifted gears from, ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate,’ to ‘Let’s try and understand it.'" Um, understand....what it wants to tell us? I'm not a certified body-language expert a la those guy in US Weekly who can always tell Jennifer Aniston is SAD based on her hair-do and hair highlight patterns, but if I had to interpret "Blue Mustang's" general message I'd say it is something along the lines of "I am Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds, do my bidding."
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Two semesters-worth of intro psych: $5,000
Ability to tell when shit's trying to kill you: Priceless
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