Bovis Lend Lease – Warrington, ‘Swift’

Commissioned on behalf of Bovis Lend Lease for the Golden Square Retail Mall, Warrington by Art Contact. Multi-elements in stainless steel are suspended over the escalator void in the Transport Interchange Hall.

‘Swift’ a suspended installation representing a swift in full flight was commissioned in anodised stainless steel to add interest to the void in the roof space above the escalator in the Transport Interchange Hall.

 

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission sculpture for shopping centre
  • Client – Bovis Lend Lease
  • Sector – Retail
  • Location – Warrington
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Planning
  • Community Arts
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
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Limberhurst Gallery – Through the Eyes of the Artist

Through the Eyes of the Artist – an exhibition of sculpture by 32 contemporary sculptors.

The show featured internal and external sculptures by the following artists:

Dan Archer, Dorothy Brook,
John Brown, Joanna Burchell,
Stephanie Carlton-Smith,
Alan Foxley, Mel Fraser, Lee Granjean,
Melanie Guy, Peter Hayes,

Sue Kafka-Ellis, Eleanor Long,
James Mayberley,
David & Dante MacIlwaine,
Malcolm Martin & Gaynor Dowling,
Adrian Mokes, Peter Newsome,
Jim Rattenbury, Louise Plant,
Mark Richards, Kate Risdale,
Colin Rose, Matt Stein, David Undery,
Ronald Weisterhuis,
Dennis Westwood, Julian Wilde,
Alan Wilson, Martha Winter,
Chris Wood & Stephen Wright

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – To arrange a sculpture exhibition in the gallery and grounds of Limberhurst Gallery.
  • Client – Limberhurst Gallery
  • Sector – Hotel & Leisure
  • Location –  nr Cambridge
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Artwork Selection
  • Exhibition Layout
  • Caption and Brochure Production
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Crowne Plaza Hotel

Use of minimalist art and Perspex box framing add bright contemporary style to the new Crowne Plaza Hotel in Marlow.
Working closely with Design Coalition and the Hotel’s owner, Art Contact commissioned five artists to produce a series of paintings and works on paper.

 

All works were produced and installed within a tight deadline to be ready for the opening.

A very large painting by Ian Wilkinson was installed in the conference room. Other works include a series of 12 photographs by Anne Hardy and a bronze sculpture for the downstairs bar.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source,select and supply artworks for the public areas of the hotel.
  • Client – Crowne Plaza Hotel
  • Sector – Hotel
  • Location – Marlow
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Community Arts
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Packing
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Limberhurst Gallery – Through the Lens of the Artist

Through the Lens of the Artist was an exhibition of photographs arranged by Art Contact at the Limberhurst Gallery. There were 7 photographers exhibited some being very well established and others that were just starting out.

 

The photographers exhibited were:

Justin de Villeneuve
John Swannell
Charlie Waite
Den Philips
Noel Myles
Rosy McGuire
Tolly Nason

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – To arrange a exhibition at Limberhurst Gallery
  • Client – Limberhurst Gallery
  • Sector – Hotel & Leisure
  • Location –  nr Cambridge
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Artwork Selection
  • Exhibition Layout
  • Caption and Brochure Production
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Prague Hilton Hotel

Hilton Hotel, Old Town, Prague

Brief was to commission a number of both figurative and architectural paintings in the constructive style.

Commissioned on behalf of David Collins.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission artwork for Prague Hotel.
  • Client – Hilton Hotels
  • Sector – Hospitality
  • Location – Old Town, Prague
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Planning
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Art Packing
  • Transportation
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