The murals each stretch about 28 feet along wide hallways near the baggage claims on the east and west sides of the rectangular Great Hall. Each is split into two parts by access-area doorways. Painted in the Mexican "muralista" style typified by such artists as Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco, with simplified figures cast in bright, solid colors, the characters in the murals — mostly children of various ethnicities — are portrayed with almost cartoonish qualities and laden with symbolism, such as a boy weeping as he holds a soon-to-be-extinct chipmunk in front of a burning forest. According to the DIA website, the murals function metaphorically as diptychs (hinged tablets of theological artwork and writing often placed on Catholic altars) designed with two simple themes: environmental destruction vs. environmental healing and war vs. peace.
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http://www.westword.com/2007-08-30/news/dia-conspiracies-take-off/full
Everyone thinks there's some
going on in this airport. from the designed, the inexplicable manji-shaped runways, the architecture, and of course the paintings. Conspiracy theorists flock to here, and I bet the Denver tourism board is just
off the extra visitors