Trade Deficit - Denver, CO - Abstract Public Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This large piece is made of full-sized cargo containers. I call it HUGE, not because of the cargo containers, but that it is spread over 6 blocks! I have coordinates for all three of the locations of this work of art. In the summer of 2010, I found one more piece of this installation over 12 blocks away.

Cargo Main Piece - N39° 45.593, W104° 59.264
Cargo Middle Piece - N39° 45.476, W104° 59.243
Cargo End Piece - N39° 45.365, W104° 59.221
Hidden Final Piece - N39° 45.108, W105° 00.236 (near the Museum of Contemporary Art)

"Jutting into the Colorado sky from the corner of Broadway and Blake Street, Joseph Riche's "Trade Deficit" is an improbable but fitting addition to the Ballpark neighborhood.

Like the ever-morphing area around it, the sculpture — one of a trio that includes two smaller pieces in the neighborhood — invokes Denver's industrial past by fusing icons of commerce (shipping containers) with the angular silhouettes of our city's vertical expansion.

"Shipping containers have enough baggage to them to stay relevant but not too much to where they become dated," said Riche, who works out of a studio in the area.

"No matter how developed that neighborhood gets, it's always going to have the train yards and that history of industry and commerce." " [Excerpted from (visit link) ]

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This (visit link) is a photo story of the installation of the three pieces that make up this large piece.

Title: Trade Deficit Artist: Joseph Riché Media (materials) used: Steel Cargo Containers, Paint and Concrete Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): RiNo District in Denver Date of creation or placement: 2009

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