UAB public art

UAB public art is a large, important and growing collection of major public sculptures on the UAB campus. Many of the pieces were obtained by gift from former Graduate School dean Samuel Barker, or through the Samuel B. Barker Outdoor Sculpture Competition which he founded.

Pieces

Title	Date	Artist	Location	Map	Image	Notes
"Apollo's Bird"	1993	Toni Putnam	Mervyn H. Sterne Library	map		removed between 2020 and 2022
"Aspirations"	1986	Branko Medenica	Bartow Arena	map		installed 1991, removed between 2017 and 2019
"Blaze Means Business"	2018	Branko Medenica	Blazer Pride Plaza	map
"Diptych"	1976	Brad Morton	UAB Mini Park	map		also called "Bicentennial Diptych"
"Central Axis"	1996	Skip Van Houten	UAB Bell Building	map
"Circular XXI"	1991	Casey Downing Jr	Rast Hall	map		removed between 2017 and 2020
"Complex Vision"	1969	Yaacov Agam	UAB Callahan Eye Hospital	map		restored 2013–2015
"Concrete & Chains"	?	Ronald Godwin	Rust Center	map		conflicting information about site
"Cristoforo Columbo"	1992	Ugo Sordelli	Smolian International House	map		removed between 2017 and 2019
"The Crossing"	1986	Brad Morton	UAB Arts District Quad	map
"William Elias B. Davis statue"	1904	Giuseppe Moretti	Hillman Hospital	map		originally at Capitol Park, installed at present site in 1993
"Directions"	?	Joe Theo Waldrop	Hill University Center	map		removed 2013
"Deaf and Numb"	1996	Joe Mannino	Rast Hall	map		removed before 2008
"Double U"	?	John Paul Rietta	UAB Humanities Building	map		removed between 2020 and 2022
"Encounters"	1989	Brad Morton	Hill University Center	map		removed between 2011 and 2015
"Four-Part Fugue"	1988	Ronald Godwin	Paul S. Worrell Building	map		sometimes called "Five Part Fugue", removed 2018
"Gorgona"	1999	Zoran Mojsilov	UAB Tennis Courts	map
"Tinsley Harrison sculpture"	1987	Cordray Parker	Tinsley Harrison Tower	map
"S. Richardson Hill Jr sculpture"	?	Cordray Parker	Hill University Center	map		current location uncertain
"S. Richardson Hill Jr statue"	2002	Ira Chaffin	UAB Mini Park	map
"Hippocrates: Father of Medicine"	1970	Kostos Nikolaou Georgakas	between Lister Hill Library and Volker Hall	map		moved into lobby of Lister Hill Library in 1996
"Hungers, Kneeling"	1994	Be Gardiner	UAB Arts District Quad	map		damaged and removed
"Hypogeum"	1996	Kyle Dillehay	UAB Unity Park	map
"Icarus Ascend"	1993	Joe Mooney	Ryals Public Health Building	map
"In Loving Union"	1991	Rick McCrary	Mervyn H. Sterne Library	map		removed between 2020 and 2022
"Leopitsaura"	1993	John W. Parker	Rast Hall	map		sometimes spelled "Leoptisaura"
"Charles A. McCallum sculpture"	1988	Cordray Parker	McCallum Basic Health Science Building	map		current location uncertain
"Scotty McCallum statue"	2006	Ira Chaffin	UAB Mini Park	map
"The Nest"	1992	Ronald Godwin	Mortimer Jordan Hall	map		removed 2002
"Pretty Fast"	1999	Steven Siegel	UAB Arts District Quad	map
"Prinzessin Natalie"	2004	Frank Stella	Engel Plaza	map		on loan from Birmingham Museum of Art
"The Reader"	1984	Joe Theo Waldrop	Mervyn H. Sterne Library	map
"Red Tide"	1991	Martha Hopkins	UAB Education and Engineering Complex	map
"(RE)volution"	2020	DeeDee Morrison	Townhouse Park	map
"Rosette Bobbin"	2006	Vaughn Randall	UAB Arts District Quad	map
"Sails"	1988	Joe Theo Waldrop	UAB School of Nursing courtyard	map
"Shaped by an Embrace X"	1997	Virginia Tyler	UAB Mini Park	map		removed before 2008
"Silver Birds"	1999	Robin Orbach Starke	UAB Tennis Courts	map		sometimes called "Birds in Flight, In Essence", removed
"Strata"	1991	Ted Metz	UAB Campus Green	map		removed 2018
"Strummin' Sister Steel"	?	?	ArtPlay rear yard	map
"Stone Dancer"	1991	Glenn Zweygardt	UAB School of Health Professions	map		removed
"The Three Graces"	1986	Joe Theo Waldrop	UAB Education and Engineering Complex	map
"Three Women"	1988	Casey Downing Jr	UAB School of Nursing courtyard	map
"Samuel Ullman statue"	1993	Branko Medenica	Ullman Building	map
"Untitled"	2011	Kevin Reese	ArtPlay rear yard	map		with Birmingham City Schools students
"Untitled"	1963	Georges Bridges	UAB Callahan Eye Hospital	map
"Untitled"	1976	Michael Frohock	UAB Mini Park	map
"Joseph F. Volker statue"	1990	Frank Varga	UAB Mini Park	map
"Winddrift"	2001	Bruce White	UAB Chemistry Building	map

References

• Campbell, Renee Alsup (February 16, 1999) "UAB seeking submissions for lawn art competition." Kaleidoscope, Vol. 32, No. 7, p. 8
• Davis, Brad (October 12, 1999) "Artistic Arrivals." Kaleidoscope, Vol. 32, No. 34, p. 7
• HOK Planning Group. (2001) "Campus Sculpture Location" (Table 3-7). UAB Master Plan 2000
• Herforth, Haley (April 24, 2017) "3 new walking trails showcase UAB’s outdoor public art collection." UAB Reporter