| I See What You Mean | |
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| Artist | Lawrence Argent |
| Year | 2005 [1] |
| Location | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| 39°44′37″N104°59′43″W / 39.7436°N 104.9953°W | |
I See What You Mean, also known as the "Big Blue Bear", is a 40-foot-tall sculpture of a blue bear by Lawrence Argent, installed outside the Colorado Convention Center, in Denver. [2] [3] The piece was installed at a cost of US$424,400, and was immediately popular with both the public and art community. [1]
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Lawrence Argent was a visual artist best known for his 2004 public artwork I See What You Mean at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
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Indeterminate Line is a 1987 oxidized steel public art sculpture by Bernar Venet installed in Beverly Hills, California. A later 2004 Cor-ten steel version is installed outside Denver's Colorado Convention Center at Speer Boulevard, in the U.S. state of Colorado. It was installed at a cost of US$600,000. The 33-foot sculpture takes the form of a linear torqued circle.
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