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
"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
"Double U"	?	John Paul Rietta	UAB Humanities Building	map		removed between 2020 and 2022

1. "Red Tide", Martha Hopkins
2. "The Three Graces", Joe Theo Waldrop
3. "Pretty Fast", Stephen Siegel
4. "Hungers, Kneeling", Be Gardiner
5. Samuel Ullman statue, Branko Medenica
6. "Encounters", Brad Morton
7. S. Richardson Hill, Jr statue, Cordray Parker
8. "Shaped by an Embrace X", Virginia Tyler
9. Joseph A. Volker statue, Frank Varga
10. Untitled (UAB Mini Park), Michael Frohock
11. "Winddrift", Bruce White
12. "Icarus Ascend", Joe Mooney
13. "In Loving Union", Rick McCrary
14. "The Reader" (1984), Joe Theo Waldrop, Southside Branch Library
15. "Strata", Ted Metz
16. "Leoptsaura", John Parker
17. "Deaf and Numb", Joe Mannino
18. "Gorgona", Zoran Mojsilov
19. "Silver Birds", Robin Starke
20. "Stone Dancer", Glenn Zweygardt
21. "Hypogeum", Kyle Dillehay
22. Unitled sculpture, Georges Bridges
23. William Elias B. Davis statue (1904), Giuseppe Moretti, Hillman Hospital
24. "The Nest", Ronald Godwin
25. Tinsley Harrison statue, Cordray Parker
26. Charles A. McCallum statue, Cordray Parker
27. "Five Part Fugue", Ronald Godwin
28. "Rosette Bobbin" (2006), Vaughn Randall, Spencer Honors House

References

• 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