Gardiner & Theobald LLP

Having met Kevin Arnold from G&T to view the new site for site specific artworks, our rational behind the new commission was to take into account the work that Gardiner & Theobald specialise in, so in a loose way, we chose works which reflected their business in construction and consultancy.

Two artists were commissioned to fulfil the brief, firstly Brazillian ceramic artist Valeria Nascimento who created a wall sculpture ‘Ordered Chance’ which was constructed from ceramic cubes to represent Gardiner & Theobald’s position both in the locality and also in the construction industry. Secondly, a wall panel was commissioned from the light artist Chris Wood.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission artworks for new offices
  • Client – Gardiner & Theobald LLP
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Financial Institution – Bankside

Art work supplied for a financial institution for their new offices at Bankside.

Art Contact had worked with this organisation for some years and in 2009 we were asked to select artwork to complete this development.

A wide variety of artists were chosen to complement the design and to reflect the diverse nature of the organisation.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and supply artworks for offices in Bankside
  • Client – Financial Institute
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Bankside, London
  • 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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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital – Bolsover Street

The brief is to develop and implement an art strategy that is relevant to the work of the hospital and the quality of care and expertise offered by RNOH specialists which also integrates with the approach taken to interior design.

The art work will support the internal approach to way finding and therefore needs to incorporate the principle colour schemes planned for the facility.

The long and illustrious history of the hospital and the dedication of its staff should be represented and where possible the art should include the opportunity to distract visitors by providing access to the ‘story’ of the RNOH.

In answer to the brief Art Contract developed a series of story walls to inform visitors about the RNOH together with a series of graphic images printed onto acrylic and floated on the walls with hidden fixings.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission various graphic works for the RNOH
  • Client – R.N.O.H
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location – Bolsover Street, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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

A number of locations requiring art were identified and suitable artists were proposed and designs accepted.

The design and production of the pieces were all completed on time and on budget despite various ongoing problems with the build schedule outside our control resulting in several redesigns of several of the pieces.

Friezes were installed on the 2 and 3rd floors, a large montage was installed in the main reception and a colourful mural on the ground floor.

Outside a parralax sculpture was designed and installed depicting the Hospital’s logo of the Cat and the ‘W’ which assembled and then dis-assembled as the designed viewing point was passed.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Sorce, select and commission artworks for previously identified locations though out the public areas of the hospital.
  • Client – NHS Trust
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location – London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Association of British Insurers

A selection of historical stained glass panels were reused and modernised into a light box to fit the company’s contemporary space.

Art Contact also selected and supplied a number of abstract contemporary artworks for the meeting rooms and other spaces around the building.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Restoration of stained glass panels and supply of display.
  • Client – Association of British Insurers
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – City of London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Procurement
  • Project Management
  • Conservation
  • Lighting
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Taylor Wessing

Our brief was to incorporate existing artwork into the company’s contemporary offices, as well as to provide further artwork to complement the existing collection for the client facing areas on the 9th and 10th floors at New Gate Square.

As well as providing a full audit of their collection, Art Contact also sourced a variety of items producing an extensive portfolio from which the final items were selected.

The  existing collection and the new artworks were framed or re-framed as required to suit the decor of the new offices and installed as planned.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Audit Collection, source select and supply artworks to complement the existing collection
  • Client – Taylor Wessing
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – City Of London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Audit
  • Cataloguing
  • Valuation
  • Curation
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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The Waldron Health Centre

The Waldron Health Centre, based in New Cross, groups 5 local GP practices along with ancillary community services (Pharmacy, Mother & Baby services, Community Youth Programmes, etc) into a building at the heart of the New Cross locality. The building benefits from a full-height atrium, clad in beech veneer, being he chosen location for  ‘New Cross’ montage which was commissioned for the 2nd Floor.

The montage, featuring local noteworthy architecture, highlights the rich mix of styles and forms that is the glory of urban London. The soft, pastel colourway was selected to harmonise both with the beech veneer of the atrium and with a dichroic film panel installation, installed as part of the build phase, on the 1st Floor.

In 2008 the Waldron Health Centre won the award for Better Primary Healthcare Building.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission artwork for health centre
  • Client – Waldron Health Centre – NHS
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location – New Cross
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Strategy
  • Planning
  • Community Arts
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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“The PCT and its partners have been hugely impressed by Art Contact's abilities to deliver art projects in the health sector and would recommend them to any public sector bodies looking for a great value and hugely knowledgeable art consultancy service.”

Ben Maguire - Lewisham Primary Care Trust

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Voluntary Action – Sheffield

Commissioned on behalf of Voluntary Acton Sheffield for The Circle building by Art Contact. Concentric circles of perspex held within stainless steel framework and lit by computer-controlled LED’s producing a 11-minute lighting sequence.

Voluntary Action Sheffield commissioned Light Sculpture by Raphael Daden. Overall dimensions @ 2m x 150mm

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select and commission light sculpture for exterior wall.
  • Client – Voluntary Action
  • Sector – Corporate
  • Location – Sheffield
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Planning
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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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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