The Statue: "Mananaan"
The large abstract statue in the Bardeen Quad is entitled "Mananaan." More information about the sculpture can be found through the resources below.
- Abstract sculpture finds new home on Engineering QuadThis article from the Inside Illinois Archives was published November 3, 1994. It discusses the new sculpture on campus, "Mananaan," and its artist, Alexander Liberman.
- ExploreCU - Mananaan, 1986This page of Explore C-U gives information about the sculpture and its artist
- A guide to art at the University of Illinois : Urbana-Champaign, Robert Allerton Park, and ChicagoThis book, available through the library, gives information about "Mananaan."
- Undergraduate Library Question Board - MananaanThis answer to a question about the statue on the Bardeen Quad gives information about the statue and the artist.
The Artist: Alexander Liberman
"Mananaan" was created by Alexander Liberman. Information about his life and other work can be found through the resources below.
- Alexander LibermanThis page of the website for Mitchell-Innes & Nash (an art gallery in New York City) gives a biography of Alexander Liberman and has photos of some of his work.
- Alexander Liberman, Conde Nast's Driving Creative Force, Is Dead at 87This obituary for Alexander Liberman was published in The New York Times.
- Alexander Liberman: A Definitively Modern ManThis article from The New Yorker discusses the life of Alexander Liberman as well as "It's modern : the eye and visual influence of Alexander Liberman", a book about him.
- It's modern : the eye and visual influence of Alexander LibermanThis book, available through the library, discusses the work of Alexander Liberman.
