Ike Hay
Egyptian Gate, Front Street, Harrisburg PA. September 3, 1986
I am pleased that a Committee for the Restoration of the Egyptian Gate is working in 2022 to restore this sculpture, my favorite of Ike’s site-specific pieces. Stay tuned.
SHOGUN 12’, Centre Park Place, Reading PA, 1986
Image of Ike with the maquette for the sculpture, SHOGUN. It was commissioned by the Reading Redevelopment Authority in 1986. The concept emulates the pagoda influence of this building, refurbished into apartments. This building was possibly influenced by the landmark pagoda in the town.
HOT SPILL 11’ Foundry Plaza, York, PA, 1984
HOT SPILL Painted Steel Plate, Cast Bronze and Aluminum, July 1984.
The original location when the piece was erected in 1984, was at the west side of the park. Sometime in the 2010 range we realized that the piece had been moved to overlook the open air seating area. These images were taken in 2013 so that I could show Ike how York city had maintained it and moved the location to meet the changing needs of the area. That was gratifying to know. This piece was Ike’s favorite of his site specific sculptures.
GRECIAN GATE 15’ University Park, Tampa, FL, 1988
GRECIAN GATE Painted Steel and Gold Leafed Bronze July 1988.
Rouse and Associates commissioned this sculpture at the entrance to the University of South Florida in Tampa. It was designed to identify and enhance the traffic circle entrance.
SUN TRAP II, Hines Industrial, Tulsa, OK — 1982
SUN TRAP, Wheeler Basin Regional Library, Decatur, AL — 1976
SUN TRAP in Decatur, AL was a very early site specific sculpture which resulted in from the Artist in the Schools program in which Ike enjoy a year in the public schools there, between teaching for 5 years at Purdue, and then returning to teaching at MU in Lancaster, PA.
SUN TRAP II, Six years later Ike revisited this sculpture with different footer placement and sculpture dimensions. Two favorite material used were Corten steel along side its complete opposite, mirror surfaced stainless.
Ganser Library Gallery, Metal Knot Studies, MSC, 1978
METAL KNOT STUDIES , Ganser Library Gallery — 1978
A recent addition to the Art Department at Millersville State College, later to become Millersville University, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Ike was an prolific sculptor with a minimalist aesthetic. Keltic knots were a source of inspiration for this one-person show on campus. Many of the pieces were modular for easy storage and assembly, as in the Mansfield University piece in the next image below.
UNITY, Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania — 1978
UNITY, Mansfield University — 1978
The Macquette, left was the original proposed and winning 12’ sculpture for the competition on the campus of Mansfields University. After the piece had been fabricated, the Pennsylvania Board of State Architectural Governors deemed that they had been left out of the oversight of the national competition and they decided that they did not approve of the winning sculpture, and that it would have to be replaced with one of their choosing. Oh, the egos of the group of men who felt slighted. The university had to cover the costs of fabrication of the design that had to be scrapped and replaced with another work from the artist. They liked the METAL KNOT series and selected one.
ZEN DOORS 1976 Relief 6’x6’ Polished Stainless and Anodized Aluminum, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Gestetner Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ONE PLUS THREE 1982 Four Reliefs 4’x4’ Cast Bronze and Paint, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Pepsi-Cola Corporation, Philadelphia
RED SUMI 1985 Relief 8’x14’ Stainless Steel and Paint, Municipality of Anchorage, Bear Valley Elementary School, Anchorage, Alaska
SUNRISE FOUR 1983, Four wall reliefs, 4’x4’ Anodized aluminum and stainless steel. State of Alaska, Hiland Mt. Correctional Center, Eagle River, AK.
Two students assisted in many of the sculpture commissions.
Left, ARCHER I, and right, ARCHER II - Private collection.
OM MANI, Vacuum form plastic, 1970’s and in interior. Private collection.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 250th commemoration sculpture, 1993. Located at the courthouse on Duke Street in downtown Lancaster, close to Marion Courtyard.