HONDO, N.M.- Renowned artist from New Mexico, Luis Jimenez, died Tuesday while working on a sculpture for Denver International Airport. when a piece of sculpture - a part of the 32-foot-tall rearing mustang - disengaged from a hoist and fell, fatally injuring him. The accident happened as Jimenez, 65, used the hoist to move a section of the gigantic fiberglass sculpture, "Mustang." The piece came loose and hit Jimenez, pinning him against a steel support beam, reported the Denver Post.

Jimenez was often controversial because he crafted sculptures that touched on hot political topics, reported CBC. Luis Jimenez's work can be found in numerous public and private collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Hirshhorn Museum and The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; and The Rockefeller Foundation.

Jimenez is survived by his wife and children Elisa Jimenez of New York; and Luis Adan Jimenez, Juan Orion Jimenez and Sarah Alicia Xochil Jimenez, all of Hondo; a brother, David Jimenez of Hondo and a sister, Irene Branson of El Paso.