Discover more about the works of art on display on the campus at Â鶹´«Ã½.
This collection of sculptures was formed using video footage of Hillier himself and can be seen in the courtyard of the Biomedical Research Building, on the Campus for Ageing and Vitality.
Built in-situ in the stairwell of the Architecture Building, this innovative piece looks as though it is peeling away from the brick wall beneath.
A visual translation of two bodies holding each other, this 4.4-metre-high cast iron sculpture can be found on King's Walk.
This two-metre-high bronze statue was specially commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s visit to campus to collect his honorary degree.
Made from 456 metres of red western timber, this site-specific artwork adorns the roof of the Northern Stage Theatre.
A collective of three sculptural human heads rendered in bronze, Corten steel and stainless steel, Generation is reminiscent of the three eras of human and industrial production.
Situated in the foyer of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School, this 2.4-metre-tall sculpture of a human head is constructed from a large number of stainless-steel discs, creating an impression of fluidity.
Installed in the Hatton Gallery, the Merz Barn Wall is an innovative piece of installation art based on the idea of collage, which was left unfinished when Schwitters passed away in 1948.
Found outside the Philip Robinson Library, this intriguing text-based work is comprised of poetry etched onto small bronze pentagrams that have been embedded into the ground.
This beautiful stained-glass window depicting three figures was designed by Richard Hatton, the namesake of Hatton Gallery and previous Director of our Art Department.
An important example of post-war, 20th century public art, this intriguing, free-standing sculpture can be viewed as a symbol of the scientific advances of the 1960s.
Made using small pieces of coloured marble, these three intricate mosaics were commissioned in 1958 and remain embedded in the walls of the Old Library Building to this day.
A pioneer in the development of British abstract art, Pasmore was commissioned to produce these two reliefs for the university’s Stephenson Building. They can now be found in the foyer of the Culture Lab.
Comprising three figures carved from the trunk of a sycamore tree that once stood on the site of our Devonshire Building, Unity speaks to the ideas of sustainability and caring for our environment.
Crafted from thousands of tiny handmade ceramic bricks previously used in Burton’s other, temporary sculptures, Vessels explores the concept of making and unmaking.
Found on the outside of the Urban Sciences Building on Science Central, this intricate design depicts every link and data point that makes up Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s website.
A playful integration of image and language, the words printed onto the 26 panels that make up this piece can be read as a complete poem as you pass through the Hadrian Bridge pedestrian tunnel.
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