Jump to content

List of public art in Detroit

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BattyBot (talk | contribs) at 03:39, 19 September 2017 (→‎References: changed article categories to links per Wikipedia:Drafts#Preparing drafts & WP:DRAFTNOCAT using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}} template. This is a list of public art in Detroit.

This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Additional works can be found at:

Selected artworks

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Atom Gazelle Belle Isle Park 1991 Richard Bennett sculpture stainless steel City of Detroit

[1]

Balancing Act One Campus Martius

42°20′0″N 83°2′47″W / 42.33333°N 83.04639°W / 42.33333; -83.04639 (short title) 		2016 HOW and NOSM mural 184 x 60 feet (56.1 x 18.2 m) Library Street Collective[2]
Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2

42°22′39.71″N 83°3′39.89″W / 42.3776972°N 83.0610806°W / 42.3776972; -83.0610806 (short title) 		between 2010 and 2012 Kobie Solomon mural 8,750 square feet (813 square meters) Russell Industrial Center

[3]

File:Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad - Detroit - front.jpg Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad Philip A. Hart Plaza

42°19′35″N 83°2′38″W / 42.32639°N 83.04389°W / 42.32639; -83.04389 (short title) 		dedicated October 20, 2001 Edward Dwight sculpture City of Detroit

[4]

General Alexander Macomb Washington Boulevard at Michigan Avenue

42°19′55″N 83°3′3″W / 42.33194°N 83.05083°W / 42.33194; -83.05083 (short title) 		dedicated September 11, 1908 Adolph Alexander Weinman sculpture bronze 9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m) ) City of Detroit

[5]

Hamtramck Disneyland Hamtramck

42°24′26.2″N 83°3′31″W / 42.407278°N 83.05861°W / 42.407278; -83.05861 (short title) 		created 1992, finished 1999 Dmytro Szylak installation Hatch Art

[6]

Heidelberg Project McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, east Detroit

[7]

42°21′31.23″N 83°1′16.88″W / 42.3586750°N 83.0213556°W / 42.3586750; -83.0213556 (short title)

created 1986, ongoing Tyree Guyton installation Tyree Guyton

[8]

Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain Philip A. Hart Plaza

42°19′37″N 83°2′38″W / 42.32694°N 83.04389°W / 42.32694; -83.04389 (short title) 		1972-1979, dedicated October 14, 1981 Isamu Noguchi fountain stainless steel and black granite 30 feet (9.1 m) City of Detroit

[9]

James Scott Memorial Fountain Belle Isle Park 1923, dedicated May 31, 1925 Cass Gilbert and Herbert Adams fountain marble, cement, bronze 18 feet x 75 feet (5.5 m x 22.9 m) City of Detroit

[10]

Monica 500 Woodward 2016 Swoon mural 17 feet Library Street Collective

[2]

Monument to Joe Louis Philip A. Hart Plaza

42°19′43.3″N 83°2′40.36″W / 42.328694°N 83.0445444°W / 42.328694; -83.0445444 (short title) 		dedicated October 16, 1986 Robert Graham sculpture bronze 25 feet 6 inches × 24 feet 6 inches (7 m 77.2 cm × 7 m 46.8 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts

[11] [12]

Passo di danza (Step of the Dance) One Woodward Avenue, Jefferson Avenue entrance

42°19′43″N 83°2′43″W / 42.32861°N 83.04528°W / 42.32861; -83.04528 (short title) 		1963 Giacomo Manzù sculpture bronze 11 feet (3.4 m) One Woodward Avenue

[13]

Pylon Philip A. Hart Plaza

42°19′41.4″N 83°02′39.0″W / 42.328167°N 83.044167°W / 42.328167; -83.044167 (short title) 		1972-1979 Isamu Noguchi sculpture stainless steel 20 x 7 x 7 feet (6 x 2.1 x 2.1 m) City of Detroit

[14]

The Spirit of Detroit Coleman A. Young Municipal Center

42°19′45.47″N 83°2′40.66″W / 42.3292972°N 83.0446278°W / 42.3292972; -83.0446278 (short title) 		1958 Marshall Fredericks sculpture bronze 312 inches (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg) Coleman A. Young Municipal Center

[15]

The Thinker Detroit Institute of Arts, southeast lawn

42°21′32″N 83°3′55″W / 42.35889°N 83.06528°W / 42.35889; -83.06528 (short title) 		1904 Auguste Rodin sculpture bronze 79 × 51 1/4 × 55 1/4 inches, 2000 pounds (200.7 × 130.2 × 140.3 cm, 907.2 kg) Detroit Institute of Arts

[16]

File:Transcending monument.jpg Transcending Philip A. Hart Plaza

42°19′40″N 83°2′41″W / 42.32778°N 83.04472°W / 42.32778; -83.04472 (short title) 		dedicated August 30, 2003 David Barr and Sergio de Guisti sculpture steel 63 feet (19.2 m) City of Detroit

[17]

Unity 28 West Grand River Avenue

42°20′2″N 83°2′58″W / 42.33389°N 83.04944°W / 42.33389; -83.04944 (short title) 		2017 Charles McGee mural 118 x 50 feet Library Street Collective

[2]

untitled mural The Belt

42°20′5″N 83°2′49″W / 42.33472°N 83.04694°W / 42.33472; -83.04694 (short title) 		2016 Nina Chanel Abney mural Library Street Collective

[2]

untitled mural 25 East Grand River Avenue

42°20′4″N 83°2′53″W / 42.33444°N 83.04806°W / 42.33444; -83.04806 (short title) 		2015 Aryz mural Library Street Collective

[2]

untitled mural One Campus Martius

42°20′0″N 83°2′48″W / 42.33333°N 83.04667°W / 42.33333; -83.04667 (short title) 		2015 Shepard Fairey mural 184 feet (56.1 m) Library Street Collective

[2]

File:AlexBrewer HENSE Madison Theatre Building Detroit Michigan 2014.jpg untitled mural Madison Building

42°20′9″N 83°2′57″W / 42.33583°N 83.04917°W / 42.33583; -83.04917 (short title) 		2014 HENSE mural 10,000 square feet (929 square meters) Library Street Collective

[2]

untitled mural 14635 East Jefferson

42°22′27″N 82°56′30″W / 42.37417°N 82.94167°W / 42.37417; -82.94167 (short title) 		2016 Swoon and Baba Wayne mural Library Street Collective

[2]

Wayfinding: An Art Installation and Skate Park Monroe Blocks 100 Monroe Avenue

42°19′58″N 83°2′42″W / 42.33278°N 83.04500°W / 42.33278; -83.04500 (short title) 		from August 2017 through January 2018 Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk installation 4600 square feet (1402.1 square meters) Library Street Collective and Cranbrook Art Museum

[2] [18]

Weather Permitting 35 East Grand River Avenue

42°20′4″N 83°2′52″W / 42.33444°N 83.04778°W / 42.33444; -83.04778 (short title) 		2017 Willie Wayne Smith mural Library Street Collective

[2]


Further reading

  • Herron, Jerry et al. Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project. Wayne State University Press, 2007.
  • Nawrocki, Dennis Alan. Art in Detroit Public Places. Wayne State University Press, 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Gazelle, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "PUBLIC ART". Library Street Collective. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Best Bizarre Statues Or Public Art In The Detroit Area". CBS Detroit. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "International Underground Railroad Memorial, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "General Alexander Macomb, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Hamtramck Disneyland sold to local art collective". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "The Heidelberg Project — History". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Heidelberg Project, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "Philip A. Hart Plaza: Horace E. Dodge Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  10. ^ "James Scott Memorial Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  11. ^ "Monument to Joe Louis, 1986". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  12. ^ "Detroit sculpture of Joe Louis' fist getting overhaul". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Passo di Danza, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  14. ^ "Philip A. Hart Plaza: Pylon, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  15. ^ "Spirit of Detroit". The Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  16. ^ "The Thinker, 1904". The Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  17. ^ "Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  18. ^ "Wayfinding: An Art Installation + Skate Park by Ryan McGinness and Tony Hawk". Cranbrook Art Museum. Retrieved September 15, 2017.

Public art Category:Michigan culture Category:Art in Michigan Category:Outdoor sculptures in Michigan Detroit Public art

Article submission: List of public art in Detroit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_public_art_in_Detroit&oldid=801345697"