Public Art in Chicago
Where Public Places are Art Galleries! This Blog dedicated to the Sculpture Community of Chicago - Past, Present and Future! Please do not use any image without written permission.
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| Hand Heart - by Jason Pickelman |
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| 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
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| First Responders Memorial |
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.
Letter to Bessie Coleman - by Architreasures with Bernard Williams
2017
Chicago Park District / Burnham Park at 39th street
Commission by the 50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project
Ward 4 / Alderman Sophia King
Created by Bernard Williams in collaboration with Architreasures, an art-based community development organization, this painted steel sculpture honors Bessie Coleman, the first woman of African American and Native American descent to become a licensed aviator.
Conveyor - by Barbara Cooper
2020
Wood -white oak veneer and perforated steel
122' x 5' x 7'
Location: Olive-Harvey College, Chicago
Commissioned by the Illinois CDB Art in Architecture program.
1978
Location: Chicago State University
B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund
Building and Growing - by Richard Hunt
2012
Welded stainless steel
Location: Chicago State University (CSU)
Commissioned by the Illinois CDB Art in Architecture program.
From Here to There - by Richard Hunt
1975 / Bronze
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center
4314 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago
Gwendolyn Brooks - The Oracle of Bronzeville
- by Margot McMahon
2018
A bronze sculptural bust is accompanied by a porch modeled after the poet's childhood writing spot, a path of stepping-stones that are etched with quotations from Annie Allen and a stone circle.
Location: Gwendolyn Brooks Park / 4542 S Greenwood Avenue, Chicago
The Brooks Park was formerly known as the Hyacinth Park and is located in the Kenwood community. It was renamed as Gwindolyn Brooks in 2004 as part of an effort by the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners to recognize the contributions of Chicago women. The park is less than a mile away from her childhood home at 4332 S Champlain.
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
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.
Steel Garden - by Richard Hunt
2013 / Welded Stainless Steel
Location: Rainbow Beach Park, 79th & South Lake Shore Drive
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| Drexel Fountain - by Henry Manger |
Drexel Fountain - by Henry Manger
1881-82 / Restored
Bronze
Believed to be one of the earliest monuments in the city.
The four-sided statue is decorated with Neptune and harvest Goddess figure.
Donated by Drexel brothers - Francis Drexel and Anthony Drexel - in memory of their father Francis M. Drexel, whose life-size sculpture sits atop this fountain.
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| Darius Girenas Memorial |
