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Louisville, Kentucky: Big Blue Horse

Officially titled "The Messenger: Time," the 25-foot-high angular metal horse has 130 clock faces draped around its midsection. Created by BK Adams, unveiled Sep. 2024.

Address:
2510 Portland Ave., Louisville, KY
Directions:
Northwest side of the city. On the south side of Portland Ave. between N. 25th and N. 26th Sts.
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The Messenger: Time.

The Messenger: Time

Large blue metal horse, 25 feet tall and 38 feet long, stands outside of the Outsider Art Museum in Louisville.

[Steve Socha, 10/11/2024]

After this photo was taken the steel horse's midsection was draped in 130 clock faces, visualizing the "time" in its title. Self-taught artist BK Adams said that the design for this sculpture came to him in a vision.


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