Art Purchases & Commissions Archives

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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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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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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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.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Source, selection & rental of artworks
Client – Land Securities
Sector – Corporate
Location – Fulham and Soho, London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

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Office of Government Commerce

A panel in 12mm stained glass by Graham Jones has been completed for OGC’s new offices.

OGC wanted a piece of modern glass for the Reception area of their new building. After a site meeting and specification briefing from the client, Graham Jones produced a total of 3 options in sketch form and a final choice of image was adapted from one of these. As part of the brief Graham was aware of the style of two large prints by Neil Canning chosen through Art Contact to hang in adjacent areas of the Reception and he incorporated approriately sympathetic colour and line into his glass designs. (The Canning prints’ Nile’ and ‘Thermal’ were the last available in now sold-out editions and have undoubtedly increased in value since installation.)

Because of computer printing technology, a small sketch can be faithfully and accurately reproduced up to the scale of the finished 12mm thick glass panel, which measures 1.2 x 2.3 m., so the client is accurately aware of how the finished piece will look. However, the artist himself works on the etched and coloured surface, thus giving the free and personal touch of the artist to the finished work. As examples; the white touches in the top left of the work were adjusted and toned down by Jones once the work had been hung, in reaction to seeing the work actually in situ. Several areas of beautiful surface texture emerged during the process of manufacture of the panel and were left incorporated in the design.