Ayse
Denver International Airport, Colorado
2010
The sculpture Ayse by Belgin Yucelen. Ayse lives in a plexiglass display box in the Denver airport. According to the Urban Dictionary, Ayse is a Turkish female name meaning “she whom must be obeyed.” Somehow that’s not what I’m getting from this sculpture.
Her pose made me think of Peer Gynt’s mother, whose death is one of my favorite symphonic movements. Darned parents anyway.