Armchair critics are engaged in a verbal punt, pass and kick competition over Donald Lipski’s recently erected football sculpture at Camp Randall Stadium.
Meanwhile, the city has quietly installed another new piece of public art that also uses stylized symbolism to represent the function of a public facility. The sculpture, by Madison artist Gail Simpson, is located outside of the Water Utility Building, 119 E. Olin Ave. The artwork was commissioned by the Madison Arts Commission (formerly CitiARTS) at a cost of $25,000.
….Simpson, a UW-Madison professor of art, is a partner in a local art company, Actual Size Artwork, with Aris Georgiades. The professional artists have collaborated on commissioned public artworks since 1992.