Colorado Convention Center - "Bear Market" - Denver, CO - Zippy the Pinhead Locations on Waymarking.com

I See What You Mean, also known as The Blue Bear, spends his days peering in a window on the Colorado Convention Center's 14th Street facade. The sculpture by Denver artist Lawrence Argent was commissioned in 2002 as part of the city's Percent for Art Program and installed in 2005. See What You Mean, also known as The Blue Bear, spends his days peering in a window on the Colorado Convention Center's 14th Street facade. The sculpture by Denver artist Lawrence Argent was commissioned in 2002 as part of the city's Percent for Art Program and installed in 2005.

The price tag was $424,400.

The Bear's impressive measurements include: height, 40 feet; weight, 10,000 pounds; chest, 18 feet; arm span (with paws pulled in), 22 feet, 4 inches. It is made of molded fiberglass, covered by a blue cement-like coating.

Blue Bear is described as an interpretation of a creature that doubles as a wild animal and a childhood toy. The artist had a model made on a prototyping machine, a printing device that turns digital images into actual objects. The color was blue. Argent liked it, so he kept it.

The bear was fabricated in California and transported to Denver on four trucks. During installation it suffered an abrasion on its left haunch while being hoisted off its back by a crane. The scratch was painted over.

The sculpture starred in a movie, Big Blue Bear, and replicas of the bruin were sold at various Denver venues for $12.99 for the 5-inch bear, and $18.99 for the 8-inch bear.

In the comic strip, Zippy is trying to calm down the bear, telling it to face reality and come to terms with it's own cuddliness.

Date the strip ran: 08/22/2005 Strip Name: Bear Market Location of item featured in the strip: Colorado Convention Center Link to the Strip: [Web Link]

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