Category North Campus Sculptures
Meg Webster, Untitled (1990) The Untitled Meg Webster, made in 1990, is at the most obvious, a copper ring in the ground. To the unassuming eye it is a giant planter for the landscaping. It’s 12 feet in diameter and… Continue Reading →
About the Artist Mark di Suvero was born in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Venetian parents. He and his family then immigrated to the United States in 1941, when he was eight years old, and where he went on to… Continue Reading →
Joel Shapiro – Untitled. 1980-81 About the Artist Shapiro was born in 1941 and grew up in Queens, New York. Except for a few years when his family moved to Texas for his father’s military work: after a couple years… Continue Reading →
JOEL SHAPIRO’S UNTITLED (1981) Bio: Currently resides in New York City, He was born September 27, 1941 in Queens New York. He is an American Sculptor that thrives in creating minimalist pieces and simple rectangular shapes. Early life: in 1964 at… Continue Reading →
Camryn Gipe, Merrideth McDowell, Saif Mahmood Mia Westerlund Roosen’s Flank II (1978) At first glance, when looking at Mia Westerlund Roosen’s Flank II it is hard to understand the intention behind the sculpture. We do not know what… Continue Reading →
Upon first approach, Meg Webster’s Untitled (1990) seems to be little more than a planter sparsely covered with dormant vegetation, positioned in an awkward, out-of-the-way location on the edge of campus. To the average passerby, that is what this… Continue Reading →
Bay View Station The Artist George Trakas is a Canadian born sculptor who builds his work through reshaping and reconstructing urban environments. Trakas incorporates the body of the individuals consuming his work, often building sculptures designed to… Continue Reading →
Robert Maki was born in Walla Walla Washington and completed his undergraduate studies at Western Washington University, graduating in 1962. He then went on the University of Washington and taught there for a number of years. Maki began… Continue Reading →
Background Information As a first-time visitor leaving the Viking Union and going onto the plaza, at first glance, one may think the artwork on display is the view of Bellingham Bay. A few steps out the door, however, they discover… Continue Reading →
Joel Shapiro’s intent behind his piece, Untitled (1980-1), and among several others was “to describe an emotional state, my own longing and desire.” Within this specific piece, the underlying emotion was a transitional feeling between control and lack of control…. Continue Reading →