I could recognize that hideous sculpture anywhere. I have to admit, I've never been more excited to see Luis Jimenez' work. I'd roll right past it at the UTEP library. Tacky purple hues and protruding yellow bulbs never did it for me. Although I was rooting for crazy eyes Elisa on Project Runway, I never thought there was anything all that special about Jimenez until I saw this "Cowboy" outside of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I ran up to it and wanted to tell the people around me that I was from El Paso, and Luis Jimenez was, too. I smiled. "Luis Jimenez, born El Paso, Texas."
Maybe El Paso is really phenomenal. Outside the NATIONAL museum has to mean something, right? Oh, El Paso -- I have missed you.
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