Finally made it back to CT around 9 last night – United canceled my Sunday evening flight so I spent an unexpected extra night in Denver.
The big blue bear sculpture at the convention center? No story. I asked at the convention tourist booth. Looking it up online, I found that the 40-foot tall, blue bear is a creation of Lawrence Argent, and is titled “I See What You Mean.”
According to a city of Denver website, the artist has described I See What You Mean as a stylized representation of native fauna. As the bear peeks inside the enormous facility at the conventioneers, displacement and wonder pique curiosity and question a greater relationship of art, technology and whimsy.
“My public artworks are part of a larger whole,” stated Lawrence Argent. “I am an artist that utilizes assorted mediums and venues to engage the viewer in questioning the assumed and provide a vehicle by which stimulus opens a plethora of responses that defy verbal articulation.”
Like I said, it’s a big blue bear.
