Purple People Eaters Painting
One of my pieces (artist John Robertson) In the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is The
"Purple People Eaters" which shows the legendary linemen Carl Eller,
Allen Page, Gary Larson and Jim Marshall. The painting you see in the photograph is
eight feet by twelve feet, acrylic on canvas.
The "Purple People Eaters' painting
is in the Gold Suites lobby to
Norsemen's suites. This is a private
area for the suite owners but the doors are sometimes left opened so one can
see them from the public area.
What was fun about the opening is meeting Carl Eller and Jim
Marshall who autographed the photograph art book featuring the stadium's
artists. We also had a chance to meet
the great Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant.
Minnesota
Vikings Stadium
We went to the art collection opening at the new U.S. Bank Stadium where the NFL Minnesota
Vikings will be playing their football games starting this 2016 2017 football
season. The stadium has a museum-quality
art collection. Both my wife and I have
pieces of art in this collection.
U.S. Bank Stadium has some unique features in comparison to
other NFL stadiums, It has the largest transparent roof in the nation and five
95-feet high pivoting glass doors that will open to a nearly three-acre plaza
and the Minneapolis
downtown skyline. While the stadium’s roof will be fixed, the transparent
200,000 square feet of glass throughout the building will give fans an outdoor
feel in a climate-controlled environment. The stadium seats are just 41 feet
from the sideline. Seven levels in the stadium and it has two of the largest
and highest-quality HD video boards in the NFL that are located in both the
east and west end zones.
About the US Bank Minnesota
Vikings Stadium Art Collection
To see a short video of some of the collection you can
go to : http://www.usbankstadium.com/about-the-stadium/art-collection/ You will see two of my paintings in the
video. What is an interesting side
comment is that my name is not listed on the collection artist's list although
my paintings are in the stadium.
One of my large scale football paintings on the jumbotron at
the new Minnesota Vikings' US Bank Stadium where several pieces of my work are
installed
stadium. My
understanding is that only a couple of artists that were not from Minnesota were included
in the collection - me being one of them.
This was intentional as the other artists not from Minnesota were also left off the list. My wife, Lynn Hanson was included (see photograph above with our paintings shown together in the Gold Lobby to the Norsemen suites) as she is
from Minnesota and her sister lives about an
hour from downtown Minneapolis.
