COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Lao Tzu
Image View:
Context view, looking north with the Denver Library behind
Creator:
Mark Di Suvero (American sculptor, born 1933)
Location:
repository: Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado, United States)
Location Note:
Acoma Plaza
Date:
1991- installed 1996 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
steel I-beams; sheet metal
Technique:
metalworking
Measurements:
30 x 36 ft
Subjects:
abstraction or non-objective; contemporary (1960 to present)
Description:
Lao Tzu was not enlarged from a smaller model nor was it built in a foundry. Rather, artist Mark di Suvero gathered the materials necessary to realize his vision and, using a construction crane and platform, begin to assemble sixteen tons of steel I-beams and sheet-metal arcs. For four years, he rearranged these components in his Long Island City studio. The Denver Art Museum bought the sculpture in 1995, and it was trucked in pieces to Colorado so that di Suvero could make the final decision about exactly where it should be placed. (Source: Denver Art Museum [website]; http://www.denverartmuseum.org/)
Image Description:
Located between the Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Library in Acoma Plaza.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
6A1-DSM-LT-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Lao Tzu
