Chicago - SouthWest Side / Midway International Airpoort / Flight Forms - by Richard Hunt

 

Flight Forms - by Richard Hunt

2001

Stainless steel / 35 ft H

Location: Chicago Midway International Airport

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Richard Hunt’s Flight Forms unites a variety of forms in an upward-sweeping composition that suggests the defiance of gravity and the dynamism and wonder of flight. The sculpture’s grand scale balances the scale and character of the airport’s architecture. It is highly visible to passing motorists and provides an engaging experience for pedestrians.

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Chicago - Near South Side / Stained Glass (2004) - by Mike Hill

 Stained Glass - by Mike Hill

Installed: 2004

Steel, glass and concrete / H 9 ft. x W 15 ft. x D 15 ft. 

Location: 1st District Police Station

 1715 S. State St., Chicago

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Chicago artist Mike Hill designed Stained Glass to relate to the architectural scale and elements of the 1st District Police Station and to reference the familiar checkered band motif of the police uniform cap. Four tinted architectural glass block and cast steel panels are located at the four corners of a plaza paved in cast steel and concrete. A concrete bench is located at the center of the installation. The steel blocks and paving tiles were fabricated from scrap steel, the by-product of illegal firearms confiscated and destroyed by the Chicago Police Department. The artist chose this material to symbolize one of the shared concerns of police officers; specifically, approaching any situation in which one might be threatened by firearms. The steel is transformed here to create a contemplative space that honors those who protect the community.

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Chicago - Northwest Side / Riverview (1980) - by Jerry Peart

 

Riverview - by Jerry Peart

Installed: 1980

Painted aluminum / H 17 ft. 

Location: 19th District Police Station 

2452 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

The site of the North Side Police Center was formerly occupied by the historic Riverview Amusement Park, for which many Chicagoans share a fond nostalgia, and from which Jerry Peart derived the name of this sculpture. Riverview was fabricated from rolled aluminum plate that the artist cut and welded in his Chicago studio. Next, the sculpture was assembled on-site. The work, a vigorous combination of curvilinear forms, is painted with vivid enamel colors. Riverview’s bright colors and the open sweep of its circular arc are reminiscent of the carnival rides that preceded the sculpture.

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Photos taken on Nov 22, 2019

Chicago North / Jetty (1980) - by Barry Tinsley

 

Jetty - by Barry Tinsley

1980 / Cor-Ten steel / H 48 ft. x W 12 ft. x D 15 ft. 

Location: 24th District Police Station 

6464 N. Clark St., Chicago

City of Chicago Percent for Art program

Barry Tinsley’s Jetty is made from plates of Cor-Ten steel welded into a variety of volumetric forms that are fastened together by welding and brackets. It was assembled on-site at the Rogers Park District Police Station and dedicated in January 1980. Because of the intense urban nature of the site, Tinsley designed an innovative, non-objective work, oriented close to the ground to give its viewers a sense of visual order and their own human scale.

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Photos taken: October 8, 2019

Chiacago South / Untitled (1980) - by Amir Nour

 Untitled - by Amir Nour

1980 / Cold rolled steel

Location: 4th District Police Station

225 E. 103rd street, Chicago 

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent-for-Art program.

Amir Nour’s untitled sculpture comprises a series of five semi-spherical forms, scaled to a six-foot diameter. The steel components seem to rely on one another for balance and, in their linear arrangement, suggest movement along the southeast corner of the police facility.

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Chicago West / Rescue (1980) - by Jill Parker

  

Rescue - by Jill Parker

1980 / Wall relief

Location: Chicago Fire Dept. Engine 95 

4001 W. West End Ave., Chicago

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Chicago West / Pyrix (1981) - by Bruce White

Pyrix - by Bruce White

1981

Enameled aluminum / 24 ft H x 32 ft W

Location: 4th District Fire Station

4900 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

 "Illinois sculptor Bruce White has long been fascinated by astronomy. His PYXIS abstract sculpture shares the name of a constellation of stars in our solar system. Its vertical orientation and striking architectural scale draw the eye upward, past the building façade, and provide a dynamic link between the building, the ground and the sky. The sculpture’s clean lines and smooth blue enameled surface create a bold accent against the deep red painted steel exterior of the fire station."

Source: City of Chicago Public Art website

Chicago South / Spiral Rain Form (1981) - by David Morris

 

Spiral Rain Form - by David Morris

Originally known as Spiral Vortex

Installed: 1981 / Refurbished in 2018

Stainless Steel / 23' high

Location: 3rd District Police Station 

 7040 S Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago

City of Chicago Percent for Art program

Refurbished in 2017 under the 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts project.

Chicago - West / Stepped Arch (1982) - by Linda Howard

 

Stepped Arch - by Linda Howard

1982

 Aluminum / H 197 in. x W 89 in. x D 72 in 

Location: Chicago Fire Station 108

4625 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Chicago - Near North Side / Crossing (1998) by Hubertus von der Goltz

Crossing - Hubertus von der Goltz

Installed: May 22, 1998

Location: LaSalle Gateway Plaza on LaSalle Street, 

just north of the Chicago River

Commissioned by the City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Chicago - Near West Side / Rora - by Ginny Sykes

Rora - by Ginny Sykes

Rora at Erie Terraces

By Ginny Sykes

Description: Glass mosaic

Dedicated: June 4, 1999

"Rora" was commissioned by the City of Chicago’s Percent for Art Program to express historical, geographic and cultural ideas about the Chicago River. In collaboration with the Chicago Department of Transportation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Wolff Clements and Associates, and Chicago Public Art Group, Rora at Erie Terraces won an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1999.

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Meridian VII (2002) - By Ed McCullough

 

Meridian VII - by Ed McCullough

Installed: 2002

Location: Chicago Police HQ Building, 

35th Street and Michigan Avenue

Commissioned by City of Chicago Percent for Art program.