Curry Lover Lover

Curry Lover Lover required art to help improve the ambience of their restaurant – The Tamarind in Potters Bar. They had recently refurbished the restaurant and needed art to further enhance the ambience.

Art Contact sourced and selected the art which the client decided to rent rather than buy as it helped their cash flow following the refurbishment.

A large mirror was also included to bring more light into an otherwise slightly dark area in the restaurant.

The artworks were framed very simply in polished wooden frames and installed out of hours at the request of the client.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source & Supply Rented art for Restaurant
  • Client – Curry Lover Lover Ltd
  • Sector – Hotel & Leisure
  • Location – Potters Bar
  • Status – On-going

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Selection
  • Project Management
  • Rental
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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34 Circus Road

As part of an ongoing project at the HCA Wellington North Hospital, Art Contact was asked to select artworks for 34 Circus Road which has been recently refurbished as an Out Patient Centre.

Bright and colourful Limited Edition prints by Angela Edwards were selected and they were framed in a Pewter moulding to full conservation standard.

In the reception Art Contact commissioned a bespoke photographic collage applied directly to a pair of unsightly doors. The image is based on the Regents Park Bandstand being a local landmark.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source and Supply artworks for 34 Circus Road
  • Client – HCA
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location –  St Johns Wood, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Purchases & Commissions
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Framing & Display
  • Installation
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Wellington North Hospital Imaging Department

As part of the ongoing refurbishment project Art Contact was asked to supply artworks for the Wellington North Imaging Department on the first floor. Working with the project management team a series of bespoke images were commissioned to complement the theme of the department.

In keeping with the overall design the images were printed onto acrylic panels and installed using appropriate fixings to allow for the complex constraints of this department.

Bespoke photographic collages were commissioned by Art Contact as artworks for the Wellington North Imaging Department to both enhance the design and to create a link to the local community.

A photographer was commissioned by Art Contact to photograph local landmarks and to create a series of photographic collages to enhance the design of the department and to create a sense of place within the locality.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source & Select Artworks for the Imaging Department
  • Client – HCA Wellington North Hospital
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location – St John’s Wood, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Selection
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Wellington South Doctors Lounge

As part of an ongoing project Art Contact was asked to supply artworks for the new Doctor’s Lounge at the Wellington South Hospital.

Julia Brooker was commissioned to produce a number of her abstract paintings on aluminium panels. She has used a colour palate to complement the interior of the Lounge. The paintings were then framed in ‘Wenge’ coloured tray frames.

During the installation a number of doctors came to have a look at the new Doctors Lounge. They were all impressed by the lounge and particularly the artworks.

The creation of Doctor’s Lounges by the HCA Group of Hospitals has been extremely well received by the staff.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source, select & supply artworks for the Doctor’s Lounge
  • Client – Wellington South Hospital
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Framing & Display
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Devonshire House Orthopaedic Clinic

Working with the refurbishment team Art Contact assists with sourcing and supplying appropriate artwork for Devonshire House Orthopaedic Clinic.

As part of an on-going art programme which has developed over the years a photographer was engaged to create a series of photographic collage images both of the local area and other appropriate imagery. These were then printed onto perspex and installed on stand-off bolts.

In the main reception the client was keen to draw from nature. An artist was selected to create patterns using photographs of plants which were then box framed to full conservation standards.

The colour pallet used in the commissioned artwork was chosen to enhance the Devonshire House Colour concept.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source & Select artwork for Orthopaedic Clinic
  • Client – HCA – Devonshire House Orthopaedic Clinic
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location – Marylebone, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Commissioning
  • Project Management
  • Framing & Display
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Private Client – Bathroom Picture

We were approached by our client to supply a bathroom picture for her Chelsea home. See our Purchasing Services.

Bathrooms have always caused significant problems for displaying artworks and above a bath is the most difficult. The steam rising from the bath causes particular issues with moisture.

A photograph was chosen which was printed directly onto Di-bond to mitigate the moisture issues.

The image chosen for the bathroom picture was ideal for this. By printing directly onto the di-bond some of the metallic surface was allowed to show through which work particularly well with this image.

The printed panel was then floated into a simple wooden tray frame stained to echo other items in the room.

PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Supply Artwork for Bathroom
  • Client – Private Client
  • Sector – Residential
  • Location –  Chelsea, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Packing
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
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Private Client – Sanchez Restoration

Painting restoration required to painting damaged by the rolling up of the painting that had been removed from its stretcher.

This artwork had been purchased by our client. For easy transportation and the painting had been removed from the stretcher and rolled up. This had resulted in extensive cracking and significant losses due to the rolling of the canvas and the lack of tension.

Art Contact was asked to arrange the restoration of the damaged painting and to supply a new stretcher and tray frame.

The painting was carefully packed for transportation, fixed to a new stretcher and re-touched. Once completed the painting was fixed into its new tray frame and the artwork returned to our client.

The painting was then installed by the client.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Restoration of Damaged Painting
  • Client – Private Client
  • Sector – Residential
  • Location –  Mayfair, London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Restoration
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Packing
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
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Kings Fund – Painting Restoration

Painting Restoration required by the Kings Fund for minor damage to a triptych by Gerald Mynott. The painting had a number of scratches in the surface and the frame had some damage to the gilding and the gesso preparation. This damage had been caused by daily traffic through the offices – tea trolleys etc.

The scratches in the paint surface were retouched with a reversible treatment of pigments in an acrylic resin binder.

The damage to the frame was repaired using traditional materials and 23.5crt gold leaf. Once completed the surface was distressed and toned with pigments in an organic binder to match the original surface.

Once the painting restoration had been completed it was returned to the Kings Fund and re-installed.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Restoration of Damaged Painting and Frame
  • Client – Kings Fund
  • Sector – Institution
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Restoration
  • Frame Restoration
  • Art Packing
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
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Royal Marsden – Sutton

The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton approached Art Contact to supply artworks for the Robert Tiffany wing. The recently refurbished Robert Tiffany wing required Art in all key areas.

Virginia Grub worked closely with the staff of the Royal Marsden – Sutton to choose a suitable theme for each area. Floral and Woodland themes were chosen for the corridor and the reception area. For the patient rooms a coastal theme was chosen.

The pictures in the corridor and the reception area were reverse printed onto the Perspex panels. Which were then fixed to the walls using Panel fixings.

In the patient rooms the pictures were framed in a moulding to suit the interior palette.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Source and Supply artworks for Robert Tiffany Ward
  • Client – Royal Marsden NHS, Sutton
  • Sector – Healthcare
  • Location –  Sutton, Greater London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

  • Consultation
  • Art Selection
  • Procurement
  • Commissioning
  • Framing & Display
  • Art Handling
  • Transportation
  • Installation
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Talbot Hughes McKillop

The brief from our client was to source a few tactile artworks which would be a talking point. This we certainly have achieved.

There were few tricky areas to over come, the slopping wall in the main reception area and the acoustic panels in several of the internal rooms.

For the sloping walls in the Reception, a copper wall sculpture by Philip Melling was chosen to compliment the colour pallet used in the reception. Outside the boardroom a paper piece by an Italian artist framed in a perspex box gave the piece a jewel like quality.

In the break-out area, painted aluminium sheets by Julia Brooker were selected. These were framed in box frames to fit on the narrow walls between the windows.

The Boardroom, Pavilion Meeting Room and Booths have acoustic panels giving limited space for artwork. To get round this we commissioned a digital artist to photograph the local area and produce image montages of local and iconic buildings which were then printed onto the fabric cover of the acoustic panels.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

  • Object – Review of art collection for London offices
  • Client – Talbot Hughes McKillop – Recommended by Hugh Prisick of Storey Project Management Consultancy
  • Sector – Offices and Corporate
  • Location –  London
  • Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

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