#sculpture — Modernist Delights

‘Hollaway Wall’ by Antony Hollaway, Manchester, 2025

Four tall concrete slabs with blue-bordered white graffiti letters “AW,” “O,” and “V.” Additional colourful tags and graffiti cover the slabs. Trees and a fence are on the left; a brick building with windows is on the right. Sunlight filters through leaves.

A concrete pillar covered in various colourful graffiti tags and spray-painted words, mostly in black, yellow, and red. On the left, a mural features a partial white circle outlined in blue and yellow, contrasting the rough, layered tags on the pillar.

Hillhead Library, Glasgow, 2025

A concrete library building with tall narrow windows and a central entrance. Several people walk on the pavement in front, and a traffic light stands to the left. The sky is partly cloudy. Signs next to the entrance read “Library and Learning Centre.”.

Featuring a “large decorative concrete cantilevered canopy of abstract cubist motifs,” according to the listing documents.

‘1840-1990‘ by Lucy Baird, Glasgow, 2025

A large, abstract metal sculpture is mounted vertically on a concrete building façade. The sculpture consists of curved and angular metallic shapes, creating a geometric design. Windows and a tree are visible nearby under a partly cloudy sky.

Stainless steel sculpture commemorating the 150th anniversary of the University of Glasgow’s Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, affixed to the south-east elevation of the Rankine Building.

‘The Progress of Science’ by Eric Kennington, Glasgow, 2025

A tall stone relief sculpture on a building depicts abstract and figurative scenes: workers on rooftops, a staircase with a figure holding an object, trees, seated figures, clouds, smoke, and industrial elements, all richly detailed in geometric, stylised forms.

Panel on the south elevation of the James Watt South Building.