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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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

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Community Arts
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
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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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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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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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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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