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
"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
"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

1. "Red Tide", Martha Hopkins
2. "The Three Graces", Joe Theo Waldrop
3. "Pretty Fast", Stephen Siegel
4. Samuel Ullman statue, Branko Medenica
5. S. Richardson Hill, Jr statue, Cordray Parker
6. "Shaped by an Embrace X", Virginia Tyler
7. Joseph A. Volker statue, Frank Varga
8. Untitled (UAB Mini Park), Michael Frohock
9. "Winddrift", Bruce White
10. "The Reader" (1984), Joe Theo Waldrop, Southside Branch Library
11. "Strata", Ted Metz
12. "Leoptsaura", John Parker
13. "Deaf and Numb", Joe Mannino
14. "Silver Birds", Robin Starke
15. "Stone Dancer", Glenn Zweygardt
16. Unitled sculpture, Georges Bridges
17. "The Nest", Ronald Godwin
18. Tinsley Harrison statue, Cordray Parker
19. Charles A. McCallum statue, Cordray Parker
20. "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