Acclaimed artist Detour to debut massive new work this month made of 200 suitcases
“Balustrade” by Betty Woodman at Denver International Airport on Jan. 3, 2025, features hand-thrown ceramic vases and was moved into storage in 2018 during renovations. It was reinstalled on the Level 6, West checkpoint in the Jeppesen Terminal in October 2023 and formally unveiled in February, 2024. Thomas Evans knows the power of public art.
The installation comes after the biggest reshuffling of the airport’s art collection in its history. In 2018, DIA removed and stored many of its 34 on-display pieces, including some that were well-known, in order to make way for massive construction projects. Now, airport officials and artists are laboring to slowly reinstall those pieces, and have said that all of them will eventually return.
Each group of seven vases is connected by a railing that conceals rebar and a heavy mortar-and-cement mixture. To bring the first one back in October 2023, a custom metal trussing box was spider-craned from level 6 during the installation of new flooring and security glass. Reintroducing the art seems like a small project in comparison, but it’s not as easy as throwing a box of paintings at a wall, Weston said.One of two “Notre Denver” pieces by Terry Allen at Denver International Airport on Jan. 3, 2025, features a cast-bronze gargoyle perched inside a suitcase elevated off the ground in the Level 5 east baggage claim area. The second Notre Denver watches over the west baggage claim area.
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