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The Art of Fandom
Categories: Lifestyle » Culture, Leisure & Travel
Tagged art, Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, Super Bowl
Amid the Super Bowl hoopla, much attention has been rightfully lavished on Cowboys Stadium—the luxury amenities, the $1.1 billion price tag, the sheer scale of it. And don’t overlook the art collection. Yes, seriously. It houses 21 works of art by 19 notable artists. Writer Anais Morrel takes us on a tour.
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Olafur Eliasson’s 25 ft X 45 ft X 20 ft Moving Stars Take Time hangs above the Main Concourse Club of Entry F. -
Conceptual artist Mel Bochner’s Win! found in the Northeast Monumental Staircase encourages all to Kick Some Butt! -
Matthew Ritchie’s Line Of Play takes up two wall and the ceiling of Entry K, evoking the marks coaches make when they diagram plays. -
Matthew Ritchie’s Line Of Play takes up two wall and the ceiling of Entry K, evoking the marks coaches make when they diagram plays. -
Annette Lawrence’s 45 ft long Coin Toss references the movement of a coin toss to decide which side gets the ball at the beginning of a football game. -
Doug Aitken’s New Horizon is a 6 ft tall LED-lit light box of a city coastline at night. Hanging in the Southwest Elevator Lobby on the Hall of Fame level, New Horizon also references the shimmering blue star on the Cowboys’ helmet. -
Franz Ackermann and 8 of his students got so carried away hand painting Coming Home (Meet Me) At The Waterfall, they painted past their commissioned space, all the way through the upper Monumental Staircase mezzanine, creating an area that has since been set up as a bar from which to appreciate their work. -
Franz Ackermann and 8 of his students got so carried away hand painting Coming Home (Meet Me) At The Waterfall, they painted past their commissioned space, all the way through the upper Monumental Staircase mezzanine, creating an area that has since been set up as a bar from which to appreciate their work. -
Starfield by Teresita Fernandez is comprised of sparkling mirrored glass cubes on a glossy black wall. It twinkles as it reflects form and movement of those crossing the Southwest Elevator Lobby on the Hall of Fame level. -
Terry Haggerty’s giant Two Minds was hand painted by ‘brush!’ Stadium employees have nicknamed it the ‘candy stripes.’ -
Wayne Gonzales’ Cheering Crowd is a wall-sized acrylic painting on three repetitive canvases. Purportedly the original image downloaded from the internet was of a NASCAR crowd, recognizable by the fact they aren’t wearing any team jerseys. -
French artist Daniel Buren’s Unexpected Variable Configurations: A Work In Situ is located high above the Southeast Concession stand by the employee entrance. Stadium employees endearingly refer to it as ‘the mustard stain.’ When the Pittsburg Steelers come to town, they might assume the stadium is flying Pittsburg colors. -
While the public spaces are all about the art, the hallways to the 300 private suites and elevators are all about the Cowboys. Life size, black and white, vintage photos of players dominate. As do the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. -
While the public spaces are all about the art, the hallways to the 300 private suites and elevators are all about the Cowboys. Life size, black and white, vintage photos of players dominate. As do the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. -
While the public spaces are all about the art, the hallways to the 300 private suites and elevators are all about the Cowboys. Life size, black and white, vintage photos of players dominate. As do the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. -
Photos of past presidents and dignitaries hang outside the private suites, such as this shot of owners Gene and Jerry Jones with Nelson Mandela. -
Gary Simmons’ Blue Field Explosion hangs 22ft X 70ft in the Northeast Monumental Staircase. This huge handmade drawing was done in Cowboys colors by the artist using his knuckles, hands, shoulders, and elbows while strapped to scaffolding. Note the explosive effect of the white epoxy lines. -
Owner Gene Jones was inspired by her compact mirror for this ceiling. A lady after our own hearts. -
Doug Aitken’s neon lit lightbox Star hangs in the Hall of Fame level by Entry A. Up close, the illusion of stars fades into a cityscape at night. -
Now that’s a high kick. -
Jim Isermann’s giant wall relief Untitled required a team of installers to get the massive abstract geometric jigsaw puzzle into place on the Northwest Ramp wall. -
In a city that likes its bling, Diamonoid by Eva Rothchild quietly greets elevator riders on the Hall of Fame level. -
Dave Muller’s Solar Arrangement hangs high in the Northwest Concession of the Main Concourse, evoking the yellow rose of Texas as the sun/center of its universe. -
Conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner’s Brought Up To Speed invites stadium guests into the conversation. -
From Legend To A Choir by Paris, Texas native Trenton Doyle Hancock adds color and narrative intrigue to the Southeast Ramp wall. -
The owners of the Dallas Cowboys didn’t want the stadium to scream Cowboys. Subtle features like these football shaped lights in the Main Concourse only hint at the stadium’s purpose.
