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Title:  
Beaded Circle Crossing
Artist:  Alice Adams
Date:  1994
Location:  Denver International Airport, 8291 Pena Blvd., Denver, Colorado
Placement:  airports
Collection:  Arts & Venues Denver: Public Art Program
Artwork Type:  sculpture (visual work)
Material:  alloy steel, mixed media
Description:  Beaded Circle Crossing derives its form from the lodges, tipis and beadwork of Native Americans, as well as from the bridges of Eiffel and Calatrava. The central upper rectangle, symbolic of the earth and of the buffalo, is supported by two iridescent screens of spliced colored-glass tubes alternating with "bugle bead" shapes. The gathering of the poles around the helix of yellow glass may be seen as a sun symbol or as the central hole at the top of the tipi.
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