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(→‎Pieces: 1st pass. Kind of alarming that 4 out of the first 5 aren't there any more.)
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==Pieces==
==Pieces==
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! Title !! Date !! Artist !! Location !! class="unsortable"|Map !! class="unsortable"|Image !! Notes
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| "[[Apollo's Bird]]" || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[1993]] || Toni Putnam || [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library]] || {{Locate coords inline |  lat = 33.498310 | lon = -86.806074 | zoom = 16 | type = h}} || || removed between 2020 and 2022
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| "[[Aspirations]]" || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[1986]] || [[Branko Medenica]] || [[Bartow Arena]] || {{Locate coords inline |  lat = 33.501769 | lon = -86.808498 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || installed 1991, removed between 2017 and 2019
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| "[[Diptych]]" || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[1976]] || [[Brad Morton]] || [[Hill University Center]] || {{Locate coords inline |  lat = 33.501169 | lon = -86.807259 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || also called "Bicentennial Diptych", removed 2013
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| "[[Central Axis]]" || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[1996]] || Skip Van Houten || [[UAB Bell Building]] || {{Locate coords inline |  lat = 33.501086 | lon = -86.810002 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || ||
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| "[[Circular XXI]]" || style="text-align: right; padding-right: 1em;" | [[1991]] || Casey Downing Jr || [[Rast Hall]] || {{Locate coords inline |  lat = 33.498666 | lon = -86.803578 | zoom = 15 | type = h}} || || removed between 2017 and 2020
|-
|}
# "[[Red Tide]]", Martha Hopkins
# "[[Red Tide]]", Martha Hopkins
# "[[The Three Graces]]", [[Joe Theo Waldrop]]
# "[[The Three Graces]]", [[Joe Theo Waldrop]]
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# "[[The Crossing]]", [[Brad Morton]]
# "[[The Crossing]]", [[Brad Morton]]
# [[Samuel Ullman statue]], [[Branko Medenica]]
# [[Samuel Ullman statue]], [[Branko Medenica]]
# "[[Central Axis]]", Harold (Skip) Van Houten
# "[[Double U]]", John Rietta
# "[[Double U]]", John Rietta
# "[[Aspirations]]", [[Branko Medenica]]
# "[[Encounters]]", [[Brad Morton]]
# "[[Encounters]]", [[Brad Morton]]
# [[S. Richardson Hill, Jr statue]], [[Cordray Parker]]
# [[S. Richardson Hill, Jr statue]], [[Cordray Parker]]
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# [[Joseph A. Volker statue]], Frank Varga
# [[Joseph A. Volker statue]], Frank Varga
# [[Untitled (UAB Mini Park)]], [[Michael Frohock]]
# [[Untitled (UAB Mini Park)]], [[Michael Frohock]]
# "[[Bicentennial Diptych]]", [[Brad Morton]]
# "[[Winddrift]]", Bruce White
# "[[Winddrift]]", Bruce White
# "[[Icarus Ascend]]", Joe Mooney
# "[[Icarus Ascend]]", Joe Mooney
# "[[In Loving Union]]", [[Rick McCrary]]
# "[[In Loving Union]]", [[Rick McCrary]]
# "[[The Reader]]" (1984), [[Joe Theo Waldrop]], [[Southside Branch Library]]
# "[[The Reader]]" (1984), [[Joe Theo Waldrop]], [[Southside Branch Library]]
# "[[Apollo's Bird]]", Toni Putnam
# "[[Strata]]", Ted Metz
# "[[Strata]]", Ted Metz
# "[[Circular XXI]]", Casey Downing Jr
# "[[Leoptsaura]]", John Parker
# "[[Leoptsaura]]", John Parker
# "[[Deaf and Numb]]", Joe Mannino
# "[[Deaf and Numb]]", Joe Mannino

Revision as of 10:11, 24 January 2024

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 Hill University Center map also called "Bicentennial Diptych", removed 2013
"Central Axis" 1996 Skip Van Houten UAB Bell Building map
"Circular XXI" 1991 Casey Downing Jr Rast Hall map removed between 2017 and 2020
  1. "Red Tide", Martha Hopkins
  2. "The Three Graces", Joe Theo Waldrop
  3. "Pretty Fast", Stephen Siegel
  4. "Hungers, Kneeling", Be Gardiner
  5. "The Crossing", Brad Morton
  6. Samuel Ullman statue, Branko Medenica
  7. "Double U", John Rietta
  8. "Encounters", Brad Morton
  9. S. Richardson Hill, Jr statue, Cordray Parker
  10. "Directions", Joe Theo Waldrop
  11. "Shaped by an Embrace X", Virginia Tyler
  12. Joseph A. Volker statue, Frank Varga
  13. Untitled (UAB Mini Park), Michael Frohock
  14. "Winddrift", Bruce White
  15. "Icarus Ascend", Joe Mooney
  16. "In Loving Union", Rick McCrary
  17. "The Reader" (1984), Joe Theo Waldrop, Southside Branch Library
  18. "Strata", Ted Metz
  19. "Leoptsaura", John Parker
  20. "Deaf and Numb", Joe Mannino
  21. "Gorgona", Zoran Mojsilov
  22. "Silver Birds", Robin Starke
  23. "Cristofo Columbo" (1992) Ugo Sordelli, Smolian International House
  24. "Stone Dancer", Glenn Zweygardt
  25. "Hypogeum", Kyle Dillehay
  26. Unitled sculpture, Georges Bridges
  27. "Complex Vision" (1969), Yaacov Agam, Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital
  28. William Elias B. Davis statue (1904), Giuseppe Moretti, Hillman Hospital
  29. "Concrete & Chains", Ronald Godwin
  30. "The Nest", Ronald Godwin
  31. Tinsley Harrison statue, Cordray Parker
  32. Charles A. McCallum statue, Cordray Parker
  33. "Five Part Fugue", Ronald Godwin
  34. "Rosette Bobbin" (2006), Vaughn Randall, Spencer Honors House

References

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