Chicago Loop / La Tormenta - by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle

La Tormenta - by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle



La Tormenta / The Storm - by Inigo Manglano Ovalle

Installed: 2006

Fiberglass and Titanium Alloy Foil

Location: 101 W Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago

Commissioned by US GSA Art-in-Architecture program

Born in Spain, artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle explored the ways individual affect and are affected by complex systems. Through space forms and diverse media his work examins subjects like economics, politics and immigration. He often uses weather as a metaphor to engage these topics.

Chicago - Near South Side / The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

 Above Image: BOTS with sculptor 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.

Chicago Loop / Red Lily Tree of Liberty (2022) - by Ruth Aizuss Migdal

 Above Image: Ruth Aizuss Migdal on her 90th Birthday.

Red Lily Tree of Liberty - by Ruth Aizuss Migdal

Installed: August 17, 2022, 

marking the 90th birthday of the sculptor Ruth Aizuss Migdal!

Painted aluminum / 17' x 7' x 7'

Location: Plaza of Chicago Architecture Center / 111 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago

Brought by the CSE (Chicago Sculptor Exhibit)

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 Loop / Daley Plaza / Untitled (known as Chicago Picasso) - by Pablo Picasso..

Chicago Picasso - by Pablo Picasso

Untitled - Known as Chicago Picasso - by Pablo Picasso

Unveiled: 1967

Corten steel / 50 feet tall and weighs 162 tons

Location: Richard J. Daley Civic Center Plaza, 

50 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602

The architects of Richard Daley Center commissioned the sculpture. The architects chose Pablo Picasso, a renowned Spanish artist to create this sculpture.

Picasso refused the $100,000 payment offered to him, stating that he wanted to make the sculpture a Gift to the people of Chicago.  The marquette for the sculpture is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC).

The sculpture was made of Cor-Ten steel fabricated by the American Bridge Company in Gary, Indiana. The steel peices were rolled by USS Gary Works. the world's largest rolling mill of its kind at the time. The pieces were assembled, disassembled and then transported to Chicago for reconstruction. The sculpture was assembled on site in the Daley Plaza.

Chicago Loop / Miro's Chicago (1981) - by Joan Miro

Miro's Chicago - by Joan Miro

Miro's Chicago - by Joan Miro

Originally known as The Sun, The Moon and One Star

 Designed: 1963 / Unveiled: 1981

 Description: Steel, wire mesh, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile .. 

Height: 39 ft. 

Location: Brunswick Building Plaza.. 

Cook County Administration Building, 

69 W. Washington St., Chicago

Chicago Loop / The Flamingo - by Alexander Calder

The Flamingo - by Alexander Calder

Installed: 1974

53' high X 29' wide X 60' length

Location: Chicago Federal Plaza

Commissioned by the US GSA Art in Architecture program

This sculpture titled "Flamingo" is made by Alexander Calder, one of the most eminent sculptors of the 20th century American art.  "The sculpture was received in a public ceremony never before nor since equaled in scale nor in fanfare".

It's brilliant color and graceful curves are a great contrast to the three black and blocky buildings surrounding it. The Chicago Federal Center comprises of three buildings -The Everett McKinley Dirksen Building, the John C. Kluczynski Building, and the Loop Post Office.  All the three Federal buildings are designed by Mies Van Der Rohe  

Chicago - Loop / Aon Center Plaza / The Sounding Sculpture - by Harry Bertoia

 

  

"Sounding Sculpture" .. by Harry Bertoia

Installed: 1975 

 Copper-beryllium, brass and granite

Six of 11 elements on display, H 16 ft. (each)

Location:: Aon Center (formerly Amoco Building) Plaza,

200 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Commissioned by the Standard Oil Company for the plaza of it's headquarter bldg.

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Chicago - Near West Side / Batcolum - by Claes Oldenburg

Batcolum - by Claes Oldenburg

1977 

Cor-Ten steel painted gray / H 100 ft.

Location: Harold Washington Social Security Administration Building Plaza..

600 W. Madison

Commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration,
 through its Art-in-Architecture Program

On observing Chicago’s flat terrain, the Swedish-born artist once commented, “the real art here is architecture, or anything that really stands up.” . Like all of Oldenburg’s monuments, Batcolumn combines a humorous and irreverent attitude toward popular objects with meticulous construction details and handling of scale and proportion. It can alternately be seen as a reference to historical monumental columns, a salute to the American institution of baseball or a tribute to the steel industry.

Chicago Loop / Take Time Out - by Seward Johnson

Take time out before time runs out.

Sculptor: J. Seward Johnson Jr.

Location: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

Near Presedential Towers

Chicago Loop / Radiant One - by Richard Lippord

Radient One - by Richard Lippord

Radiant One - by Richard Lippord

Installed: 1958

A group of red, gold and silver wires support a  stainless steel form

set above a reflecting pool

Location: Inland Steel Building Lobb

 30 W Monroe Street, Chicago, IL

Commissioned by The Inland Steel Corporation.

The building and the sculpture were designated as Chicago Landmark in 1998

Chicago Loop / Hands of Peace - by Henri Azaz

Hand of Peace - by Henri Azaz

Hands of Peace - by Henri Azaz

1963

Location: Chicago Loop Synagogue

16 S Clark Street

The words are in English and Hebrew,

from the prayer from the Book of Numbers..

The Lord bless thee and keep thee;

the Lord make His face to shine upon thee and to give three peace.

Chicago Loop / Exelon Plaza Fountain

Exelon Plaza fountain

Exelon Plaza Fountain

The fountain in the plaza is formed by nine square tubes of water 

rising to varying heights [similar to the Sears Tower].

Location: 21 S. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60603

The large rectangular jet fountain in Exelon Plaza was commissioned in 1972, when the plaza was completed.

Chicago Loop / Exelon Plaza / Four Seasons (1974) - By Marc Chagall

Four Seasons - by Marc Chagall

Dedicated: 1974

Mosaic sculpture/ 70 feet long x 14 feet high x 10 feet wide

Location: Exelon Plaza / The First National Plaza

at Dearborn and Monroe streets

A gift to the City of Chicago by the artist and his devoted friends, 

Chicago philanthropists William and Eleanor Wood Prince.

It was initially left open to the elements. 

However, in 1994 a protective glass canopy was installed.

Chicago Loop / The Exelon Plaza Clock

Exelon Plaza Clock

The Exelon Plaza Clock

The bronze clock in Exelon Plaza is dedicated to the employees of First National Bank.

The Exelon Plaza was formerly known as the First National Plaza and Chase Tower Plaza. It features a mosaic wall by Marc Chagall called the Four Seasons, a jet fountain and a clock.

On the  plaque it's inscribed ...

 In grateful appreciation of dedicated and loyal employees who have faithfully served The First National Bank of Chicago and First Chicago Corporation since 1863.

- A Robert Abboud, Chairman of the Board, 1979

Chicago Loop / Harris Bank Fountain - by Russell Secrest

Harris Bank Fountain - by Russell Secrest

Installed: 1975

Location: Harris Bank plaza at Monroe and LaSalle streets, Chicago Loop.

The fountain sculpture was commissioned by the Harris Bank

Seven jets of water splash from and through the seven blue-green, bronze pedestals that make up for this fountain sculpture. The interconnected petallike arms extend 6 1/2 feet in height and the water flows into a massive granite basin that is 22 feet in diameter.

Chicago Loop / Chicago Totem - by Abbott Pattison

Chicago Totem (1964) - by Abbott Pattison

Bronze / 15-foot tall

Location: 400 E Randolph Street 

Commissioned by the Jupiter Corporation, 

developers of the Outer Drive East Apartments

In making his Chicago Totem, sculptor Abbott Pattison wanted to represent his native city with a totem that like Chicago is "soaring, living, writhing with animal force". His soaring 15-foor bronze was commissioned for its frequently wind-swept site by the Jupiter Corporation, developers of the Outer Drive East Apartments. 

Reference: A Guide to Chicago's Public Art By Ira J Bach and Mary Lackritz Gray

Chicago Loop / CBOT / Ceres - by John Bradley Storrs

Ceres - by John Storrs atop the 45-story CBOT building

Ceres - by John Bradley Storrs

1930

Description: Aluminium, 32-foot tall

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and the patron saint of corn traders, in honor of the commodities exchange in the Chicago Board of Trade building.

Location: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) building

The Chicago Board of Trade commissioned the statue of Ceres by John Storrs for the buildings in 1930.

Chicago Loop / Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Fountain (1999)

Chicago Board of Trade Fountain

Location: 141 W. Jackson Boulevard

The Board of Trade building's Art Deco doors inspired the design of the fountain.

Constructed as part of 1999 Public Fountain Program.

Chicago Loop / CBOT bldg. Sculptural Reliefs - By Alvin Meyer

CBOT bldg. Sculptural Reliefs - by Alvin Meyer

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Building

Architects: Holabird & Root

Sculptural Reliefs: Alvin Meyer

Completed: 1930

The CBOT building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 4, 1977

The CBOT building is also a National Historic Landmark