Public Art at Sugar Land

The University of Houston Sugar Land Campus is home to several pieces from the Public Art of the University of Houston System. Additional pieces are displayed on the second floor of the Albert & Mamie George Building.

Quick links: Cullen College of Engineering Building 3 | Cullen College of Engineering Building 4 | Albert & Mamie George Building | Brazos Hall

Cullen College of Engineering Building 3

Rules of the Game (1995)

By Charles Wiese

A set of 10 iris digital ink prints that draw comparisons between the corporate and sports worlds. The prints were made with an Iris printer, a large-format color inkjet printer introduced by Iris Graphics. Iris printers were among the first able to produce high-quality output. These pieces are located on the second floor of Cullen College of Engineering Building 3.

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A collection of framed digital photographs on a red wall above red lounge seating

Front view of a collection of framed digital photographs on a red wall above red lounge seating

Suite of 10 Digital Photographs (1995)

By Donna Reidland Bourret

A set of 10 chromogenic prints that feature the artist inserted into video game scenes. Chromogenic prints, also know as type C photographs or C-type prints, can be made from a digital image via chromogenic process. These pieces are located on the second floor of Cullen College of Engineering Building 3.

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A collection of framed digital ink prints on a blue wall

A different angle of a collection of framed digital ink prints on a blue wall

Front view of a collection of framed digital ink prints on a blue wall above blue lounge seating

Too Much To Say (2014)

By Lance Letscher

Texas artist Lance Letscher searches thrift stores, junk shops, and used bookstores for old ledgers, notebooks, diaries, handwritten lists, letters, and recipe cards as material for his meticulous collages. His collages reference memory, personal histories and ultimately create disjointed narratives in the process. This collage on masonite is located on the first floor of Cullen College of Engineering Building 3.

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Framed multi-colored paper collage hanging on a white wall

Close up of collage showing cursive and print letters mixed with household and mechanical items

Close up of collage showing clocks and industrial objects

Cullen College of Engineering Building 4

Split Level (1971)

By Clement Meadmore

Made of Cor-Ten steel, this piece is a square tube that twists into a spiral and then straightens out on a different level. The UH System acquired it in 1974, and Split Level was previously on display outside the Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership. Meadmore was an early practitioner this medium, which eliminates the need of painting and forms a stable rust-like film overtime. This piece is located outside Cullen College of Engineering Building 4.

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Photograph of a metal sculpture. A rectangular prism sits parallel to the ground and then twists in a loop on pedestal in front of a building.

Photograph of rear of a metal sculpture looking through the spiral of a rectangular prism that twists in a loop.

Photograph of a metal sculpture. Side view of a rectangular prism sits parallel to the ground and then twists in a loop on pedestal.

Albert & Mamie George Building

Brazos Trace (2006)

By Liz Ward, Rob Ziebel and Anthony Thompson Shumate

The inspiration for Brazos Trace is the Brazos River, a major geographical feature adjacent to the campus. The curving panels of the piece create the visual effect of a river descending through the atrium space. The river-like panels are patterned with images relating to the cultural and natural history of the Brazos. This piece is located in the atrium of the Albert & Mamie George Building.

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A blue and green metallic panel of cell-like shapes against the wall between two floors in a rotunda

A white, green and red metallic panel with cartographical designs and protruding bird-like shapes on a wall

Metallic panels trace the walls between the floors of an interiod rotunda

Brazos Hall

Pastoral (2011)

By Lin Emery

This 15-foot-tall kinetic sculpture is made out of polished aluminum and stainless steel and moves in the wind. It utilizes a sophisticated system of bearings to ensure smooth and random movement within the individual parts. The leaf-like forms seem to disappear in the sky and will reflect the surrounding brick, concrete and trees, while at the same time reflecting the sun’s light against the ground and building. The sculpture stands outside the north-east entrance of Brazos Hall.

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Close-up of long semi-cylindrical metalic pieces meant to resemble leaves

A metalic sculpture with leaf-like parts in the foreground and trees with red and green leaves in the background

A metalic sculpture with leaf-like parts in the middle of a redish brown patio. Green trees and a brown multistoried building are in the background.

Group of 14 Torch Drawings (2001-2012)

By Helen Altman

This collection of drawings were made by using a blow torch as a drawing tool, scorching lines into paper, creating soft and remarkably detailed images of Texas animals. These pieces are located on the first floor of Brazos Hall.

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A collection of framed individual brown-colored drawings on white paper hung on a red wall featuring a heron, a deer, an owl, a horse, a pelican and other animals

A collection of framed individual brown-colored drawings on white paper hung on a red wall featuring a coyote, a rabbit, a rattle snake, a pair of cows, a mocking bird, a wart hog and other animals