I went for a bike ride this past weekend, and on the way home, went past The Dancers, a sculpture located in front of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (The DCPA), and seen in the photograph above. There was a lot of controversy when this pair was unveiled, with most people wondering why it was decided to install a pair of very large dancing space aliens along Speer Boulevard. It didn't help that this work of art cost a cool 1.58 million dollars. A few years later, The Blue Bear was installed at a cost of $424,400 in front of the Denver Convention Center, but everyone likes that one, and thought it well worth the investment. Most people here even like The Blue Mustang, located at the entrance to Denver International Airport. It is nicknamed Blucifer, due to the fact that it has glowing red eyes and actually killed its creator when it fell on him. Blucifer was also quite a bargain, at a cost of $300,000. But can you really put a price on art? Definitely, if it features dancing space aliens costing well over a million dollars. Perhaps we could sell it to New York City - they would just love it there, I'm sure.
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