NBC News talked to the creator of the big blue bear at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver -- officially titled
I see what you mean -- Denver-based
Lawrence Argent created another super-sized piece of public art: a panda in China called
I am here.
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A massive art work of a climbing panda, 50 feet tall and weighing 13 tons, now clings to the side of Chengdu's new International Finance Square, a massive office, retail and hotel complex, that opens this week.
It’s the creation of Denver-based artist Lawrence Argent, whose previous works include a giant blue bear looking into a Denver convention center, and a giant red leaping rabbit at Sacramento Airport.
"I think it can ignite something," said Argent, who is in Chengdu this week. "Art can be a vehicle to raise awareness and make people conscious of the plight of the Panda and the need to protect them."
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