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Nottingham City Hospital – Diagnostic Centre

There were some very unsightly windows looking out into a brick light well. This was very unsightly when viewed from within the unit. Our brief was to brighten this up while still allowing light to pass through. This was acieved by installing images where the glazing was within the window to create the illusion that the view outside was of trees.

Acrylic window installation commissioned by Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) for the Diagnostic Unit.

Digital photography by Gudawer Kalirai sandwiched between 2 sheets of 5mm clear UV-resistant acrylic, installed with angle brackets within the glazing bars of the bay. Commissioned on behalf of the NCH by Art Contact.

Overall dimensions @ 4.5m x 2m

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission artwork to resolve window issue in Diagnostic Unit.
Client – Nottingham City Hospital
Sector – Healthcare
Location – Nottingham
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

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Kaleidoscope Centre – ‘Object Trouve’

Six ‘objets trouve’ mosaic plaques by Steve Wright at The Kaleidoscope Centre (for Families with Children of Special Needs) Rushey Green (London).

Project commissioned on behalf of Lewisham Primary Care Trust (PCT) by Art Contact. Each school plaque made from ‘objets trouve’ collected by the school’s pupils, using designs from each school, and set into concrete by Steve Wright.

The plaques were displayed within the courtyard of the Kaleidoscope Centre visible through the glass walls looking into the central courtyard.

Dimensions of plaques @ 600mm x 50mm Support plinths (by Arthur de Mowbray, using Lewisham-sourced green timber) @ 350mm x 1000mm.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Commission artwork for the internal courtyard.
Client – Kaleidoscope Centre
Sector – Healthcare
Location – Lewisham
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

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“Art Contact managed a number of individual artists to ensure the project was delivered on budget and on time in readiness for the successful opening of the building.”

Ben Maguire - Lewisham Primary Care Trust

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Advent Software

Advent Software invited Art Contact in to manage an art program which included commissioning fine art prints for the first floor sales office and a wall mural for the break out area; printing and framing corporate marketing material for the general offices and producing a large acrylic Advent Software brand map for the main Reception.

Art Contact worked closely with a large-format printing team to print both client supplied graphics and commissioned images for display in various ways.

On the curved wall in the breakout area a large street art painting was commissioned.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Commissioning Fine art prints for the sales office, as well as wall murals for the break out area.
Client – Advent Software
Sector – Corporate
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

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Nottingham City Hospital – Cardiac Centre

Textile installation commissioned by Nottingham City Hospital (NCH) for the Trent Cardiac Centre.

Three modules, each an 10mm aluminium rod frame encased in hand-knitted enamelled copper wire, with additional glass beads and baubles, hung off a suspension arm with a counter-balancing scroll; the 3-part installation hangs on 4mm stainless steel wire from a roof gantry in the building’s core light-well; commissioned on behalf of the NCH by Art Contact.

Cloud Nine in situ, showing module with counter-balancing scroll. Dimensions: modules @ 2m x 1m; overall @ 3.5m x 7.5m.

Within the Link Corridor a photographic frieze has been commissioned which has been created from a digital image printed onto acrylic and installed so that it floats off the wall.

7 Panels @: 1000 x 1000mm; 1000 x 1000mm; 500 x 1000mm; 500 x 1000mm; 250 x 1000mm; 750 x 1000mm; 1000 x 1000mm

A number of other artworks by other contemporary artworks were also commissioned for this important development.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission artworks for the Trent Cardiac Centre.
Client – Nottingham City Hospital
Sector – Healthcare
Location – Nottingham
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Strategy
Planning
Community Arts
Art Selection
Procurement
Commissioning
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Wellcome Trust – ‘You’

The Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute is one of the premier centre of genomic discovery and understanding in the world. It leads ambitious collaborations across the globe to provide the foundations for further research and transformative healthcare innovation.

Our brief from the client to reflect the overall research programme at Genome Centre now referred to as The Sanger Institute in an abstract form. ‘You’ by Colin Rose was commissioned being 3 Elements read as one in Mirror polished stainless steel.

Mirror polished stainless steel was used to reflect the surroundings and the people passing through the main walk way throughout the day. The three elements make up the world ‘You’ as seen throughout the day in the reflection which holds the key to our DNA. The work is subtle and yet has a significant meaning to the site.

‘You’ – Three spheres sculpture by Colin Rose for the Wellcome Trust. Size: 2m, 1.5m and 0.8m diameter

Project commissioned on behalf of the Wellcome Trust for the Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge (now referred to The Sanger Institute) by Virginia Grub (Art Contact).

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, select and commission an important work of sculpture by Colin Rose for the Wellcome Trust.
Client – Wellcome Trust
Sector – Corporate
Location – Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Planning
Art Selection
Commissioning
Project Management
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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“Virginia Grubb has been particularly helpful in assisting our selection of appropriate artists and the commissioning of their work through to instalment.”

David Scott - Project Director Wellcome Trust

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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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Albion Riverside – Show Appartment

Black & White at Albion Riverside

Abstracted images of water reflect the river location in the 7th-Floor penthouse show apartment at Battersea’s highly prestigious Albion Riverside development.

Working closely with the interior designers, Robert Branchdale (Art Contact) selected a series of artworks in black and white – original etchings for the dining area and digital photography for the main living area – to complement and enhance the stylish atmosphere of the penthouse.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Commissioning artwork for the 7th floor penthouse show apartment
Client – Albion Riverside
Sector – Residential
Location – Battersea, London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Art Selection
Procurement
Project Management
Framing & Display
Transportation
Installation

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Queen Charlotte’s Hospital

The brief was to be bright, child-oriented, durable and within a set budget. Working with Emily Allchurch of Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, Robert Branchdale of Art Contact commissioned the sculptor Chris Plowman to create four works in sheet steel, based on collage artwork carried out by young patients in the pediatric outpatients unit.

A set of steel sculptures by Chris Plowman has just been installed at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in London. They stand on four granite plinths between the main entrance of the Maternity Unit and the main entrance of the Pediatric Outpatient Unit.

The works depict Jungle Animals, Farmyard Animals, Birds and Fish. The sculptures succeed brilliantly in providing a bright, charming and optimistic identity to an otherwise undistinguished outdoor space.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source,select and commission works of sculpture for Queen Charlotte’s Hospital
Client – Hammersmith NHS Trust
Sector – Healthcare
Location – Chelsea, London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

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Land Securities – Landflex

Use of art at Land Securities flexible office developments in Fulham and Soho has helped create the right atmosphere for some important lettings.

Landflex is an innovative solution responding to the challenge of matching office accommodation to the requirements of dynamic business plans. By offering unparalleled degrees of choice, underpinned by complete price certainty and coupled with excellent service Landflex gives customers flexibility and control over all aspects of their office accommodation.

In Soho Square Art Contact’s challenge was to deliver a big-impact art work for the main internal atrium, nine meters in width, within a limited budget. Ian Wilkinson’s 30-piece pop art installation succeeds brilliantly.

At the Landflex flagship – the Empress State Building – Art Contact has provided a (flexible) rental of abstract art by Bert Irvin and Neil Canning, giving a focus of colour and energy in key public areas.

Lettings at Empress State since the art was installed include Transport For London and the Metropolitan Police.