Sunday, March 16, 2025

Chicago South / NMSP / Hand Heart - by Jason Pickelman



Hand Heart - by Jason Pickelman




Hand Heart - by Jason Pickelman

2021

Fiberglass / 54 x 70 x 17 inches

Location: Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (NMSP)
aka... the NATE
At Governors State University

ICON series:  Hand Heart is part of Jason Pickelman's "Icons" series. The Icons series explores universal qualities in enduring cultural symbology through works in painting and sculpture, including pieces as Hourglass and Hand Heart.



Monday, March 3, 2025

Chicago South / Beverly neighborhood / Where Dreams Begin - by Marshall Svendsen

Where Dreams Begin - by Marshall Svendsen

 

Where Dream Begins  - by Marshall Svendsen

Installed: 2014

Location: King-Lockhart Park

10609 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60643



Chicago South / Beverly neighborhood / First Responders Memorial

First Responders Memorial



Chicago First Responders Memorial

The Memorial features a beam of steel placed vertically with it's foundation featuring "Chicago", "New York" and "First Responders". The beam of steel is from the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist attack on Sep 11, 2001. 


Sculpture by Terrence Karpowitz
Tom Potter did the concrete work for the memorial

Unveiled : June 22, 2019

Location: Lockhart Park
10609 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60643


The Memorial was created in honor of Herbie Johnson, a Chicago firefighter from Morgan Park, who assisted in the recovery efforts in New York after Sep 11.  Johnson, along with dozens of other Chicagoans traveled to New York City to help with the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack. The Fire Department of New York gifted the steel after Johnson died in the line of duty in 2012.



Sunday, March 2, 2025

Chicago South / Beverly neighborhood / Quantum Me (2017) - by Davis McCarty

Quantum Me (2017) - by Davis McCarty

 

Quantum Me - by Davis McCarty

2017

Metra Beverly Hills Station

99th Street and Walden Parkway

 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project

Ward 19 / Alderman Matthew O’Shea 


Quantum Me literally and figuratively reflects its surroundings. Multicolored panes of purple, green, and amber dichroic Plexiglas support a stainless-steel sphere that creates a kaleidoscopic experience unique to each passerby. A second piece by McCarty, Quantum Dee, located in the Rogers Park neighborhood in the 50th Ward, is an inversion of this sculpture. 


Saturday, March 25, 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023

Chicago North / 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

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


Ida B. Wells Monuemnt with sculptor Richard Hunt


Above Image: Ida B. Wells Monument with sculptor Richard Hunt


 

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

Unveiled: 2021

Location 37th & Langley Blvd, Chicago

Bronzeville neighborhood


Monday, February 27, 2023

Chicago Riverwalk / 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.