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Albuquerque Apparition | Public Sculptures by David Griggs. Item composed of steel
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Albuquerque Apparition | Public Sculptures by David Griggs. Item composed of steel
Albuquerque Apparition | Public Sculptures by David Griggs. Item composed of steel
Albuquerque Apparition | Public Sculptures by David Griggs. Item composed of steel
Albuquerque Apparition | Public Sculptures by David Griggs. Item composed of steel

Created and Sold by David Griggs

David Griggs

Albuquerque Apparition - Public Sculptures

Featured In Albuquerque, NM

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This steel and neon sculpture alights atop the parapet of a new community center in the heart of Albuquerque. The center was built on the site of the former “Cactus Drive-In”, a legendary Albuquerque structure that was emblematic of Route 66 and the Art Deco style of the times.

The installation pays homage to this Southwest aesthetic, with forms reminiscent of New Mexico’s Native American heritage and its kitschy Americana. While celebrating this era and its unique expression in the Southwest, “Albuquerque Apparition” crowns the new community center with references of the site’s architectural and cultural history.

Item Albuquerque Apparition
Created by David Griggs
As seen in Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
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David Griggs

Denver, CO

Wescover creator since 2019
David Griggs is a Denver-based artist who has completed over 60 commissioned works of art throughout the United States. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. He has worked in many capacities in the arts, including gallery manager, museum preparator, and studio artist. For the last 30 years he has been self-employed as a Public Artist, designing and building work for Percent For Art, Public Art, and Private commissions. Recent commissions include projects for Anchorage, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Madison, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Stockton, Toronto, and Washington. Increasingly he has become involved in projects that require not only designing and building Public Art, but also Public Art planning, strategizing and advocacy. Griggs lives and works with his wife Stella in a 140-year-old building in Denver’s burgeoning Santa Fe Arts District.