Tail Spin was originally installed in 1991 and reinstalled in 2004. These steel and fiberglass structures are suspended above the escalators leading up to the exhibit halls. Artist Erick C. Johnson placed each piece so they dart and swirl around the columns like whirling dust devils, coaxing the viewer to follow and chase each piece. Each of the five sculptures is welded as individual units of sails or shovel forms. The surface of these sculptures are metallic black with their painted skin, acrylic enamel and varied color coats of clear pearl essence (on the larger sail forms). Attendees can enjoy a different form of art while the piece brings depth and diversity to the space.
Collection of Paintings
Tony James No. 1
Truly/Rural
Wood Water Rock
Wild Mustang
Welcome to the Front Range
Wall of Words
Dynamic Wall Sculpture
Ocular series
Pure and Clean and Raw
Duologue series of small paintings
Unabridged
Two Tall Mountains and Joggers in the Park
The Blue Trees
Tail Spin
The Rope Whisperer
The Heavy is the Root of the Light
Stone Garden
Seattle Cows
Model State: A Local Cosmology
License Plates
Laughing Escalator
I See What You Mean
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Indeterminate Line
I Know You Know That I Know
Glimmer, Waggenwaybreen, and Losvik Cut
Four Floors of Murals
Forever Colliding
Don’t Hide
Doing the Denver Dance
Colorado Pioneers
Colorado Panorama: A People’s History
Boulder Creek‚ Autumn 08 #1
Big Ben
Atmosphere No. 27, 37 and 44
Ancient Colorado Paintings
1000 Prayers
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Experience the Colorado Convention Center
