Title
Beaded Circle Crossing
Artist
Alice Adams
Location
Denver International Airport
Neighborhood
Denver International Airport
Year
1994
Artwork Type
Light Art
Material
steel, mixed media
What People Are Saying
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5 people say Family Friendly
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5 people say Interactive
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4 people say Photogenic
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3 people say Love it
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2 people say Hidden Gem
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1 people say Thought Provoking
About This Piece
The sculpture derives its form from the lodges, tipis, and beadwork of Native Americans, as well as from the bridges of Eiffel and Calatrava. The central upper rectangle is symbolic of the iridescent screens of spliced glass tubes alternating with “bugle bead” shapes. The gathering of the poles around the helix of yellow glass may be seen as a sun symbol or as the central hole at the top of a tipi.