Client: Denver Art Museum
Location: Denver, CO, United States
Completion date: 2015
Artwork budget: $100,000
Project Team
Industry Resource
Bob Page
Page, Inc
Industry Resource
Robert Guggleman
Madd Castings
Artist
Gail Folwell
Overview
In The Peloton, is in the Modern and Contemporary collection of The Denver Art Museum. A pod of racing cyclists draft and vy for position in the group. They merge and move as one, drawn forward in the slipstream of air from other cyclists. There is strategy, tension and danger involved. The three figures merge and abstractly morph into the flow of air among them. Bronze, limited edition of nine.
Goals
The art is sited on a balcony for the public gathering and event space in the museum. The piece spins in place and is touch friendly so visitors to the museum can interact, position and view the art from any angle.
Process
In The Peloton, was an existing maquette scale work in the artists collection. It was selected to enlarge for installation at the museum.