The Collection

 Stargazing with Contrails 2021

Artist: Terrence Karpowicz (American, b. 1948)
Materials: painted steel

Provenance: gift of Paul and Linda Uzureau

 

Butte  1979 Artist: Barry Tinsley (American, b. 1942)
Materials: painted steel
Provenance: Gift of Art Enterprises, Ltd. in memory of Burton and Naomi Kantersdlj
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 Large Planar Hybrid  1973-74

Artist: Richard Hunt (American, b. 1935)
Materials: welded cor-ten steel
Provenance: Purchased by the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, GSU Foundation.
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 Arc 3  1983

Artist: Mike Baur (American, b. 1951)
Materials: limestone, concrete, steel
Provenance: Long-term loan, courtesy of the artist
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Art Ark  1981 (refabricated 2006)

Artist: Terrence Karpowicz (American, b. 1948)
Materials: weathered wood, steel and brass fittings
Provenance: Gift of Morris Lipschultz
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 Bodark Arc 1982

Artist: Martin Puryear (American, b. 1941)
Materials: earth, wood, Osage orange trees, asphalt, stones, cast bronze
Provenance: Commissioned by the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, GSU Foundation 
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 Falling Meteor 1975

Artist: Jerry Peart (American, b. 1948)
Materials: welded and painted aluminum
Provenance: Purchased by the GSU Foundation 
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 Field Rotation 1981

Artist: Mary Miss (American, b. 1944)
Materials: earth, wood, steel, water
Provenance: Commissioned by the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, GSU Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
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 Flying Saucer 1977

Artist: Jene Highstein (American, b. 1942)
Materials: concrete, steel frame
Provenance: Commissioned by the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park 
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Forms in Blue 1977

Artist: John Payne (American, 1929-2004)
Materials: painted steel, wood, painted rock
Provenance: Loan courtesy of the artist's estate 
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 Frame 2005

Artist: Richard Rezac (American, b. 1952)
Materials: glazed brick, hand-formed ceramic ovals
Provenance: Commissioned by the Art in Architecture Program, State of Illinois Capital Development Board 
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 House Divided 1983

Artist: Bruce Nauman (American, b. 1941)
Materials: cast concrete
Provenance: Commissioned by the GSU Foundation
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 Icarus 1975

Artist: Charles Ginnever (American, b. 1931)
Materials: welded cor-ten steel
Provenance: Purchased by the GSU Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
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Illinois Landscape No. 5 1976
Artist: John Henry (American, b. 1943)
Materials: welded and painted steel
Provenance: Commissioned by the GSU Foundation with assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts 
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Lanleff Demeure No. 4 1961
Artist: Henri Etienne-Martin (French, 1913-1995)
Materials: cast bronze
Provenance: The Art Institute of Chicago - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold H. Maremon
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(Not on View)

Mock II V-Form 1976
Artist: John Payne (American, 1929-2004)
Materials: painted steel
Provenance: Loan courtesy of the artist's estate 
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 Oscar's Inclination 2003

Artist: Michael Dunbar
Materials: welded, painted steel
Provenance: Gift of Dr. Christopher Graf
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 Outgrown Pyramid II 1973

Artist: Richard Hunt (American, b. 1935)
Materials: cor-ten steel
Provenance: Gift of Morris Lipschultz
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 Passage 1998

Artist: James Brenner (American, b. 1960)
Materials: welded mild steel
Provenance: Gift of Cozzi Iron and Metal, Inc., and the artist
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 Paul 2006

Artist: Tony Tasset (American, b. 1960)
Materials: painted fiberglass over steel frame
Provenance: Commissioned by the Art-in-Architecture Program, Capital Development Board, State of Illinois
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Phoenix 1968
Artist: Edvins Strautmanis (American, born in Latvia, 1933-1992)
Materials: painted steel I-beams
Provenance: Gift of Lewis Manilow
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Sextant Yoke 2000
Artist: Mike Baur (American, b. 1951)
Materials: cast concrete, steel
Provenance: Gift of Lila Hensley in memory of Dr. James Harvey Hensley, Community Professor 1981-2001
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Sisyphus Aviary 1984
Artist: Dan Yarbrough (American, b. 1958)
Materials: painted steel rebar, painted stones
Provenance: On loan from the artist 
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 Spiral 1971

Artist: Clement Meadmore (American, born in Australia, 1929-2005)
Materials: welded cor-ten steel
Provenance: Gift of The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior gift of Montgomery Ward and Company
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 The Granary Project 2007-10

Artist: Dan Peterman (American, b. 1960)
Materials: recycled plastic material over steel frame
Provenance: Commissioned by the Art in Architecture Program, State of Illinois Capital Development Board
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 Throne (for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) 1992

Artist: Ted Sitting Crow Garner (American, b. 1957)
Materials: wood, painted steel tubing
Provenance: Loan courtesy of the artist
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 Untitled 1982

Artist: Joel Shapiro (American, b. 1941)
Materials: cast bronze
Provenance: Purchased by the GSU Foundation 
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Windwaves 2010
Artist: Yvonne Domenge (Mexican, b. 1946)
Materials: painted steel
Provenance: Donated by the artist
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 Working on the Failed Utopia 2006

Artist: Christine Tarkowski (American, b. 1967)
Materials: screen print on rice paper and laminated fiberglass attached to steel geodesic dome
Provenance: Commissioned by the Art in Architecture Program, State of Illinois Capital Development Board
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Yes! for Lady Day 1968-69
Artist: Mark di Suvero (American, born in China, b. 1933)
Materials: railroad tank car, steel I-beams, cable
Provenance: Gift of Lewis Manilow 
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Rudder, 2020

Artist: Neil Goodman (American, b. )

Materials: Fiberglass on wood armature, prototype)

Provenance: On loan from the artist

 

Untitled (Firenze), 1962

Artist: Abbott Pattison (American, b. 1916)
Materials: cast bronze
Provenance: Gift of Sean Susanin