Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Chicago Botanic Garden (Untitled - by Martin Puryear)

Untitled (Bench) - by Martin Puryear

 

Untitled (Bench) - by Martin Puryear

1998 / Pair of benches - Stainless-steel and Granite

Location: Lakeside Gardens / Chicago Botanic Garden

Gift from Ernest P. Waud, III


Monday, March 20, 2023

Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Section IV)

Sun Worshipper - by Ted Gall

 Sun Worshipper - by Ted Gall



Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Section IV)

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Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Section II)

 

Charger I and II - by Ted Gall

Charger I and II - by Ted Gall


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Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Section II)


Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park (Section I )

Trunnion II - by Dale Graham

 Trunnion II - by Dale Graham

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Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park 


Monday, March 13, 2023

Northwestern University - Block Museum Campus Art Walk

Curved Form (1961) - Barbara Hepworth

Curved Form (1961) - Barbara Hepworth

 

Northwestern University - Block Museum Campus Art Walk


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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Chicago North [The Young Lincoln (1945) - by Charles Keck]

The Young Lincoln (1945) - by Charles Keck

 


The Young Lincoln - by Charles Keck

1945 

 Bronze / 13-foot tall

Location: Senn (Nicholas) Park /

Triangular corner between N. Ridge Ave., N Clark Street and W. Thorndale Ave.

The Chicago Park District website informs... Keck's family donated the Young Lincoln to the G.A.R. collection of Chicago Public Library, which is now the Chicago Cultural Center. In 1997, the Chicago Public Library loaned the monument to the Chicago Park District to allow its installation in Senn Park on the city's North Side.


Chicago North [The Chicago Lincoln (1956) - by Avard Fairbanks]

The Chicago Lincoln (1956) - by Avard Fairbanks

 

The Chicago Lincoln - by Avard Fairbanks

1956 / Bronze

Location: Lincoln Square / Lawrence and Western Avenue

Monument was erected by the Illinois Lincoln Memorial Committee


Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Ida B. Wells ‘Light of Truth’ Monument (2021) - by Richard Hunt

Ida B. Wells ‘Light of Truth’ Monument (2021) - by Richard Hunt

 

Ida B Wells 'Light of Truth' Monument - by Richard Hunt

Unveiled: 2021

Location 37th & Langley Blvd, Chicago


Monday, February 27, 2023

Constellation (2020) - by Santiago Calatrava

Constellation (2020) - by Santiago Calatrava

 

Constellation - by Santiago Calatrava

Installed: 2020

Painted aluminum with steel reinforcement / 29' H x 29' W

Location: River Point Park / 444 W. Lake Street

Funded by the real estate investment, development and management firm Hines.


The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

 Above image: David Weeks of the David Weeks Studio

The BOTS - by David Weeks Studio

Installed: 2018 

These are larger version of the wildly successful desktop puzzle toy - cubebot. 

Painted aluminum / Standing figure is 23' tall. 

Fabricated at the Vector Custom Fabricating

Location: Marriott Marquis bldg. (near McCormick Place)

at 2121 S Prairie Ave. Chicago, IL.