Neil Hadlock is known for his monumental abstract sculpture. He was commissioned to create an outdoor sculpture for, what was at the time, the Delta Center, home of the Utah Jazz basketball team.

Hadlock chose to combine the concepts of rebuilding the west side of Salt Lake (represented by the two columns) and the athletic events to be hosted at the facility (represented by a section of the human torso draped in fabric). The selection of the materials, a polished cast stainless steel, contributes to a contemporary work with classical undertones.

For Hadlock, religion and art are inseparable: color, form, texture and structure communicate universal meaning and creating art is an act of worship. His creative abstraction is balanced by a pragmatism that often collides with the more romantic communal visions of the other artists.

Wesley Neil Hadlock was born in St. Anthony, Idaho in 1944. Hadlock is descended from two generations of blacksmiths whom he credits as influences. He received his formal education at Arizona State University, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University where, in 1971, he earned an MFA.

He is a founding member of the North Mountain Artists Co-operative and an abstract contemporary painter and sculptor. He also founded Wasatch Bronzeworks, a metal foundry in Lehi, Utah. Hadlock has exhibited his modernist sculpture throughout the West and is an art faculty member at B.Y.U.

biography courtesy Artists of Utah

Artist Stephen Glassman was selected through a national competition for this project, and his work, somewhat abstracted in form, is based on the movement and airborne nature of skateboarding. The sculpture captures an image of a skateboarder in motion on a transparent material, sandwiched by panels of perforated galvanized steel. The overall scale of the sculpture is quite large.

Glassman contracted with two Utah-based companies for the fabrication and installation of this work, finding them both with the ability and reputation to create a high-quality product for him. Fabriweld, the metal fabricator, located in Davis County, is known for its roller coaster production abilities, and also produced the tower at the Salt Palace Convention Center and the gracefully arched pedestrian bridge at the Gallivan Center. 3Form produces various architectural and design materials of glass and resin, and has been receiving design awards for its work, as well as praise from the environmental community for its creative use of recycled materials.

Silvia Davis and Jim Jacobs collaborated on this project for the new Gallivan Center plaza in 1994.

The snowflake design seen in the tree grates throughout Gallivan Plaza is a pattern easily recognized by Utahns. This pattern was taken from a photograph of a snowflake and then redrawn on a computer to make sure the openings were enough that water would easily flow to the trees. One quarter of the pattern was drawn life-size and was used to make two life size wooden patterns for the bronze casting. The finished grate consists of four bronze quadrants bolted together and treated with a patina finish.

This project was part of the Block 57 development / The Gallivan Center.

Noted Utah sculptor Silvia Davis’s style has been described as a geometric realism; often her carved wood or cast bronze works have a wit and charm not usual in “serious” sculpture.

 

Noted Utah sculptor Silvia Davis’s style has been described as a geometric realism; often her carved wood or cast bronze works have a wit and charm not usual in “serious” sculpture.

 

In recognition of the significance firefighters have in our community, Utah artist Silvia Davis created this larger-than-life size form of a firefighter in full gear. The sculpture is prominently placed in the entry hall of Fire Station 1, the main fire station for Salt Lake City.