In the context of this artwork, explain the Public reaction of the Reception.
The sculpture has been both widely disparaged and praised. Locals have taken to calling the statue Blucifer, though the artist's estate dislikes the demonic associations.
A Facebook group made in 2009 garnered national attention for requesting that the sculpture be removed, but the creator of the page eventually decided she wanted the statue to stay. The statue has also been noted for its prominent veins, scrotum, and anus, as well as its overall phallic quality.  
In September 2019, the piece was vandalized with orange graffiti on its hooves.In September 2020, a man was seen at the base of the sculpture shooting up at it. He later shot into traffic and then shot himself. He died later at a hospital. No one else was harmed.In 2022, the sculpture was featured in the Netflix adult animated series Inside Job. Colorado Public Radio quoted an Aurora, Colorado resident as saying “The mustang is very Colorado, and then it takes a hard left turn with the red eyes and the blue.” The article quoted Dale Kronkright of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico as calling the sculpture "brilliant" adding that "My takeaway from Mustang is defiance, this absolute expression of identity, of having a place, standing strong, being fiery, being gigantic." Another Coloradan said "We'll chain ourselves to Mustang and he's not going anywhere.”Blucifer is currently being used in a scoreboard graphic at Empower Field as a distraction for away team kickers during field goals.
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