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Checking out Area15’s Art Quest, a fun and free walking gallery

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Shogyo Mujo by BARTKRESA Studio & Joshua Harker
Photo: Wade Vandervort

From the day it manifested in our dimension, Area15 has offered one-of-a-kind experiences, retail, dining ... and art. Now, with the recent 20-acre expansion of its campus, Area15’s art offerings have multiplied, and you can enjoy them via a new app-based tour, available at area15.com/experiences/art-quest. But you can also discover the works on your own. They’re kind of hard to miss.

Window into the Multiverse by Eric Vozzola

Window into the Multiverse by Eric Vozzola Window into the Multiverse by Eric Vozzola

At 400 feet wide by 40 feet tall, “Multiverse” is the biggest mural ever painted by this local artist—and considering how many Valley walls Vozzola has painted, that’s no small achievement.

Shogyo Mujo by BARTKRESA Studio & Joshua Harker

This 12-foot-tall, projection-mapped skull, first seen at Burning Man 2014, greets visitors to Area15’s main building. Its “face” slowly morphs from the natural, to the mechanical, to the fantastical.

Mechan 11 by Tyler Fuqua

Mechan 11 by Tyler Fuqua Mechan 11 by Tyler Fuqua

Number 11 is the first robot in Fuqua’s “Mechan” series to stand upright. (“Mechan 9” rests nearby, half-buried in the desert floor.) “Mechan 11” is nicknamed “The Collector,” and he’s picking up trash. Make his job easier, will ya?

747 by Ken Feldman

747 by Ken Feldman 747 by Ken Feldman

The biggest “mutant vehicle” ever to ride the playa at Burning Man, Feldman’s Boeing 747 fuselage on wheels comes to Area15 from the estate of late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

Mr. Fusion by Henry Chang

Mr. Fusion by Henry Chang Mr. Fusion by Henry Chang

Chang’s gorgeous art car, formed of artfully twisted stainless steel tubing, is driveable; it’s got a mighty V8 engine. But it’s fast and furious even when parked.

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