Published on : Sunday, November 9, 2014
Denver International Airport (DIA) is pleased to announce artists Ned Kahn, Patrick Marold
and Yann Kersalé have been selected through a competitive process to create three distinctive public art pieces for DIA’s Hotel and Transit Center Program.
All three public art pieces will be complete for public viewing when the Hotel and Transit Center opens in late 2015.
“The art for the new Hotel and Transit Center will enhance three main public areas: the train arrival area, the escalator that ascends from the train hall to the plaza, and the plaza itself,” said Denver International Airport CEO Kim Day.
“All pieces have aspects that reflect the region, which will enhance the “sense of place” at the airport, while adding a bit of joy
and serenity to the traveling experience.”
The public art budget for the new Hotel and Transit Center is approximately $5 million for exterior and interior projects thanks to Denver’s Percent for Art Program requirement for public facilities.
Denver’s Public Art Ordinance directs 1 percent of construction dollars on projects over $1 million be set aside for artwork to be integrated into the site.
This spring, DIA’s Art and Culture Program will also announce several permanent works for the interior public spaces of the new Westin Denver International Airport Hotel.
“Air Field” by Ned Kahn
Exterior plaza between Jeppesen Terminal and the Westin Denver International Airport
Hotel California-based sculptor, Ned Kahn, was selected for a $2 million commission to create a large wind-activated sculptural installation titled, “Air Field.
” Kahn’s kinetic work graces major private and public institutions worldwide and is the recipient of a Macarthur “Genius” Award.
His past work is focused on this concept of making discreet natural forces visible through mechanics. For his artwork at DIA, Kahn was inspired by the way the grasses of the plains expose the invisible force of the wind.
Kahn and his team will begin installing a field of “grass” on the plaza in June 2015.
Each of the thousands of individual blades will be made from brushed aluminum and hinged so that the fascinating play of air on the plaza becomes a contemplative or even meditative backdrop to activity.
“Shadow Array” by Patrick Marold
Train platform exterior Denver artist,
Patrick Marold, was selected for a $1.5 million commission to create a large-scale installation to enhance the expansive landscape area around the public transit station.
The sculpture titled, “Shadow Array,” consists of approximately 250 beetle-kill spruce logs from southern Colorado, which will create an active experience for travelers as they enter and exit the valley by train, while also providing a dynamic panorama from the hotel and public spaces to the south of the plaza.
The shadows and patterns created by the sculpture will change and shift according to the seasons, daily passage of the sun and with evening lighting. Patrick works primarily with spatial relationships, sculpting areas that engage our perceptions of the environment.
He is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and a recipient of The Fulbright Fellowship. Patrick Marold’s installation will begin to take shape in the spring of 2015 with completion in the summer of 2015.
“L’eau dans tous ses états” or “Water in all of its states” by Yann Kersalé
Canopies and escalators
Paris-based light artist Yann Kersalé was selected for a $1 million commission to provide a lighting design for the train and Level 5 canopies, and a unique video-based art installation for the escalator connecting the Public Transit Center to the Level 5 plaza.
His work is titled, “L’eau dans tous ses états” or “Water in all of its states.”
Kersalé is an internationallyacclaimed artist who works with light as his primary medium, and he has worked on public and private projects all over the world with acclaimed architects such as Helmut Jahn and Jean Nouvel.
Yann Kersalé’s lighting on the canopy is nearly complete and his video installation in the main escalator will begin in early 2015.
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