’Master of the Universe’ outside the Edward Boyle Library
'Master of the Universe' outside the Edward Boyle Library A famous sculpture by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, donated by a Leeds alumnus, has joined a growing collection of public art on the University's campus. The bronze sculpture, 'Master of the Universe' (1989), has been installed outside the Edward Boyle Library. The piece was donated by Douglas Caster, who completed his degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Leeds in 1975. While Blake may have been satirising Newton, I see this work as an exciting union of two British geniuses. Together, they present to us nature and science, poetry, art, architecture - all welded, interconnected, interdependent. Sir Eduardo Paolozzi Showing a mechanical figure crouched over a mathematical diagram, the sculpture is based on an imaginative drawing by artist and poet William Blak e , depicting physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton. Describing 'Master of the Universe', Sir Eduardo Paolozzi previously said: "While Blake may have been satirising Newton, I see this work as an exciting union of two British geniuses.
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