Great Public Art: Mustangs of Las Colinas
March 12, 2009 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Art, Fun for Families & Kids, Museums, Outdoor Activities, Things to See & Do
There are so many great places to see public art, that it’s sometimes easy to pass right by without paying any attention to it. What a mistake!
I’ve always enjoyed the Mustangs at Las Colinas, a bronze sculpture of nine wild mustangs that are in the Williams Square in Irving, Texas. Created by wildlife artist Robert Glen, the mustangs are the largest equestrian sculpture in the world, and commemorate the wild mustangs that inhabited Texas.
The mustangs are portrayed bigger than life, roughly one and a half times their true size, and are shown crossing a stream of water. Fountains on the …read more
