The piece is titled Lao Tzu, weighs 16 tons and was installed in "Acoma Plaza" back in April 1996. With its reddish-orange color, the soaring steel sculpture is a favorite of both children and adults. The artwork is often used as a landmark and is sometimes casually referred to as "the big orange thing," but the sculpture's official name is Lao Tzu (pronounced lou dzuh.) The color was chosen by the artist to appear in maximum contrast to the Colorado blue skies.
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