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Coutts Bank

Art Contact was approached to augment their art collection to provide additional artworks for the client area at main Coutts in the Strand and also for the regional branch in Southampton.

A portfolio was produced following the brief and from this the artworks were selected. Once selected the artworks were framed and installed in both locations.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Review and refresh artworks for client area in London and Southampton.
Client – Coutts
Sector – Offices and Corporate
Location – London & Southampton
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Art Selection
Procurement
Commissioning
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Bovis Lend Lease – Warrington, ‘Lewis Carroll’s Cat’

Commissioned on behalf of Bovis Lend Lease for the Golden Square Retail Mall, Warrington by Art Contact.

A 3-part ‘parallax’ installation along the East Street approach to the NW Knuckle. Commissioned in Anodised Aluminium to overall dimensions 3m (diameter) x 5m (spread).

This was a highly effective ‘parallax’ sculpture which seemed to assemble and de-assemble as approached along ‘East Street’. Parallax sculptures are designed to be seem ‘whole’ from one location, from all other positions they are in various stages of assembly.

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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Bovis Lend Lease – Warrington, ‘Aurora’

Commissioned on behalf of Bovis Lend Lease for the Golden Square Retail Mall, Warrington by Art Contact.

Dichroic glass light sculpture by Chris Wood, consisting of 24 rails, each 2m long, with 9 dichroic glass elements 100 x 100mm on powder-coated stainless steel rails, installed within the roof cupola at the SE Knuckle.

As well as creating interest in the cupola, Aurora also displays a colourful pattern on the floor below which is constantly changing dependant on the direction of the light from outside.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission artwork 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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European Bioinformatics Institute Internal Artwork

Dichroic Glass installation by Chris Wood, incorporating language relevant to the work in EBI.

‘It was decide to create an artwork using Dichroic glass, as the technical nature of the material is particularly suited to the scientific context’.

Tensioned cables running floor to ceiling supporting a series of dichroic glass fins with high impact polystyrene infils as shown. The overall dimensions of the glass arrangement is 1400 x 700mm.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission light sculpture for EBI
Client – European Bioinformatics Institute at The Wellcome Trust
Sector – Corporate
Location – Hinxton Hall, Cambridge
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Planning
Community Arts
Art Selection
Commissioning
Project Management
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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European Bioinformatics Institute – External Sculpture

EBI commissioned a sculpture on the approach to their building at Hinxton Hall. After an extensive selection process Colin Rose won the commission to complement his sculpture ‘You’ situated nearby

6 sided ‘Starball’ by Colin Rose, in mirror polished stainless steel.

6 sided ‘Starball’ by Colin Rose, in mirror polished stainless steel. 1.5m diameter

View another sculpture by Colin Rose – ‘You’

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission sculpture for EBI
Client – EBI at The Wellcome Trust
Sector – Corporate
Location – Hinxton Hall, Cambridge
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Strategy
Planning
Community Arts
Art Selection
Commissioning
Project Management
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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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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Bonelli Erede & Hengeler Mueller

A collection of art by artists from England, Italy and Germany was curated by Art Contact, for the German – Italian law firm’s offices in central London.

Our brief for this project was to use international artists, particularly from Germany and Italy.

We chose works which related loosely to law, such as books by Veronica Bailey. The international theme was brought in through works by Piere Imhof and Irma Irsara.

The contemporary artwork was selected to re-enforce both the corporate identity and to support the minimalist interior design of their new offices.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and supply artwork for offices
Client – Bonnelli Erede Pappalardo & Hengeler Mueller
Sector – Corporate
Location – City of London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Art Selection
Procurement
Commissioning
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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“This is to thank you for the great job you performed on finding a very good solution for the artwork within our offices. We are extremely happy with the outcome and we have received many praises from our colleagues and clients about the art displayed in our meeting rooms and in our lobby. We would also like to thank you for the way you handled our request, which has always been very proactive and solution oriented. On a more personal note, working with you has been a real pleasure and good fun too, and we look forward to having further opportunities to work together”.

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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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Kaleidoscope Centre – ‘Quaggy River’

Manifestation Frieze, in 41 panels, commissioned for Ground Floor glazing at The Kaleidoscope Centre (for Families of Special Needs) Rushey Green (London).

Project commissioned on behalf of Lewisham Primary Care Trust by Art Contact.

The 2-tone design, using frosted and dusted film, is based (loosely) on the Quaggy River, a water course that runs through the Borough of Lewisham, from Bromley to the River Thames at Deptford.

Manifestation on Glazing to Courtyard Garden, each panel @ 850 x 350mm

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission manifestations for glass walls in public area
Client – Kaleidoscope Centre
Sector – Healthcare
Location – Lewisham
Status – Completed