Sculpture has become unsafe, council decides
Breckenridge’s “Isak Heartstone,” a public art installation by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, as seen Oct. 23.
A young boy carefully approaches Isak Heartstone on a pile of rocks on Oct. 23.
Isak Heartstone, the Breckenridge trail troll, has met his end.
Town council members voted Tuesday night to remove the wildly popular temporary art installation. The council said winter weather conditions had affected the troll’s “structural and aesthetic integrity” leading to increased concerns about public safety.
The nonprofit Breckenridge Creative Arts commissioned Danish artist Thomas Dambo to create the $40,000 temporary sculpture for last August’s 2018 Breckenridge International Festival of Arts.
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