I found this on a website.
we will provide
the information you requested within an appropriate time-frame.
These questions have been asked ad nauseam by groups like yours
throughout the nine-year history of this airport, and quite
frankly, they are not our highest priority right now. All of
this information has been discussed publicly over and over
during the years, and you can select whatever explanation you
choose to believe. I have asked our Art Director to find
biographical information about the artist who painted the piece
you questioned.
She can also provide a fact-sheet on
the piece itself. She will also provide some fact sheets about
the artwork in the floor. As for the "
new world" designation,
the
New World Airport Commission was simply a group consisting
of local business and political leaders who sponsored and
organized a number of pre-opening events at
Denver International
Airport. The airport was to usher in a new era making Denver a
world-class city, thus the New World name. The group has
absolutely no association with the new world order. And
the
underground facilities are just baggage tunnels that are used
every day by hundreds of airline workers to take luggage to and
from the Terminal.
However, these explanations rarely
satisfy people who love to believe in
conspiracy theories and
who are convinced that
Denver International Airport is at the
center of something sinister. It is important to keep in mind
that this airport was the largest, most scrutinized Public Works
project in American history. There were cameras and reporters
here documenting every single inch of dirt ever moved.
If something strange was going on
out here, hundreds of media outlets would have been all over it
by now. I'm surprised it took you nine years to send this email.
I will get back to you with the information you requested so
that you may post it to your web site. Of course, I'm betting
you will probably post this as well.
Here is the rest of the information you requested on the
artwork
at Denver International Airport. The artist in question is named
Leo Tanguma.
I do not have any contact information for him, but
you might be able to track him down if you have any further
questions about his art. Below are
descriptions of his murals at
Denver International Airport:
Leo Tanguma "The Children of the
World Dream of Peace" is a powerful mural expressing the
artist's desire to abolish violence in society. One part of the
diptych exhibits the tragedy and devastation of war and its
impact on humanity. The mural then moves to images of smiling
children dressed in folk costumes from around the world
celebrating peace prevailing over war.
Leo Tanguma "In Peace and Harmony
with Nature" addresses environmental issues of the world. One
side of the mural shows children pouring out great sadness over
the destruction and extinction of life - human, flora and fauna.
The other part depicts humanity coming together to rehabilitate
and celebrate nature and its diversity.
Below is a description of the
artwork in the floor you asked for: Juane Quick-to-See Smith /
Ken Iwamasa Center Great Hall Floor. The terrazzo floor
completes the three-part thematic work of art in Jeppesen
Terminal. Using a grid similar to those used to create cubist
and constructivist paintings, a traditional Native American
design appears in the floor.
The
rainbow step bars move in from
the corner wings to connect the interior modules with "
Mountain
Mirage" (the fountain). The river pattern emerging from the
wings suggests the four rivers of Colorado's Great Divide. The
history of the state is told through bronze pictographs embedded
in the terrazzo. Pictographs have long been used by many
indigenous groups to depict their history. The bronze
pictographs represent Colorado's economic industries like
skiing, farming, industry, tourism, arts, etc.