Akbar's Garden

Sculpture by Lee Kelly in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

44°02′37″N 123°04′28″W / 44.04359°N 123.07436°W / 44.04359; -123.07436

Akbar's Garden is an outdoor 1983–1984 aluminum sculpture by Lee Kelly, installed at the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States.

Description and history

Lee Kelly's Akbar's Garden (1984) is a 17-foot (5.2 m) tooled aluminum sculpture installed in Straub Quadrangle,^[1] across from the Student Recreation Center, on the University of Oregon campus.^[2]^[3] The work was donated by art collector and philanthropist Jordan D. Schnitzer and his parents Harold and Arlene Schnitzer in 2002.^[3] Before then, it was installed at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley California.^[4] According to the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, Akbar's Garden commemorates the "Oregon Campaign" that raised more than $225 million for the University between 1992 and 1998.^[3]

References

^ "Artwork at the Ford Alumni Center". University of Oregon Alumni Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^ "University of Oregon Artwalk Guide" (PDF). Lane Arts Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Daily Emerald Features Lee Kelly Sculpture at UO, Donated by Schnitzer Family". Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
^ "Lee Kelly: Selected Public & Corporate Collections and Commissions (1985 to present)" (PDF). LeeKelly.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.

External links

External image
Akbar's Garden, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon), UO Libraries

Akbar's Garden abstract sculpture at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon at dcMemorials.com
Akbar's Garden by Lee Kelly - University of Oregon, Eugene, OR at Waymarking

Lee Kelly

Sculptures

Tree of Life (1964)
Untitled (1973)
Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain (1975)
Leland I (1975)
Untitled (1975)
Elkhorn (1979)
Nash (1979)
Trigger 4 (1979)
Akbar's Garden (1984)
Friendship Circle (1990)
Angkor I (1994)
Bend Gate (1998)
Memory 99 (1999)
Howard's Way (2007)
Sound Garden (2010)
moontrap (2011)

Bonnie Bronson (wife)
List of works

v t e Public art in Eugene, Oregon
Akbar's Garden Alan Turing Bear Gargoyle Big Red Bison Brown and Black Asteroid Cascade Charley Drosophila Fly Head Einstein Gargoyle Emergence Encounter The Falconer† The Family Group Flight Patterns Flying Ducks Great Blue Heron Indian Maiden and Fawn Isaac Newton Gargoyle John von Neumann Lady Luna Marie Curie Gargoyle Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle New Horizons Performing Frogs The Pioneer† The Pioneer Mother† Procession Prometheus Raven Gargoyle Reflections of a Summer Day Salmon Gargoyle Statue of Bill Bowerman Statue of Eugene Skinner Statue of Rosa Parks The Storyteller Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon Three Standing Forms Untitled Wind Fence Wind-Rain Song Zebra Fish
Key: † No longer extant or on public display

Public art in Eugene, Oregon