BOULDER, Colo. -- An artistic whodunnit that involves 500-pound sculptures appearing overnight and cryptic drawings delivered by mail is delighting this university town.
The mystery began last month when Donna Coughlin glanced out the window in the wee hours and thought, What is that?
It was a 15-foot-tall sculpture and had been silently placed on her front lawn. The artwork consists of a steel-reinforced post set in a concrete base. At the top is a collage of rusty chains and metal objects, a padlock, a socket wrench and a solar light that illuminates it after dark.
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Detectives can't figure out how they got the darn thing in there without leaving any drag marks behind, Boulder Police Cmdr. Kim Stewart told the Daily Camera newspaper.
The second sculpture appeared outside the Boulder History Museum three days later, on Dec. 14. It was similar to the first, but this one had skis, a child's bicycle tire, a hedge trimmer and other objects at the top.
There was no artist's name on either piece, but there was a calling card of sorts. Both sculptures came with a tin box that contained a note written in letters cut from a magazine that read: I hope u enjoy this thing, signed with the letters PS. And both contained pairs of handmade earrings: one pair with Coughlin's sculpture, two with the museum piece.
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The mystery began last month when Donna Coughlin glanced out the window in the wee hours and thought, What is that?
It was a 15-foot-tall sculpture and had been silently placed on her front lawn. The artwork consists of a steel-reinforced post set in a concrete base. At the top is a collage of rusty chains and metal objects, a padlock, a socket wrench and a solar light that illuminates it after dark.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToOMAkw3BTc&feature=player_embedded[/media]
Detectives can't figure out how they got the darn thing in there without leaving any drag marks behind, Boulder Police Cmdr. Kim Stewart told the Daily Camera newspaper.
The second sculpture appeared outside the Boulder History Museum three days later, on Dec. 14. It was similar to the first, but this one had skis, a child's bicycle tire, a hedge trimmer and other objects at the top.
There was no artist's name on either piece, but there was a calling card of sorts. Both sculptures came with a tin box that contained a note written in letters cut from a magazine that read: I hope u enjoy this thing, signed with the letters PS. And both contained pairs of handmade earrings: one pair with Coughlin's sculpture, two with the museum piece.
Read full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/23/guerrilla-art-an-artistic-whodunnit-in-boulder-colorado/
