COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Comfy Sofa
title
Comfy Sofa
Title
false
Creation Date:
1999
creation_date
1999
Creation Date
false
Dimensions:
lifesize
dimensions
lifesize
Dimensions
false
Image Date:
1999
image_date
1999
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Start Date:
1998
start_date
1998
Start Date
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
concrete
material
concrete
Material
false
Display Creator:
GILBERTSON, Ross
display_creator
GILBERTSON, Ross
Display Creator
false
Terms:
Paving the Way
terms
Paving the Way
Terms
false
Image ID:
00-0745
image_id
00-0745
Image ID
false
Description:
Front of the sofa. Location: On grass by the roadside at Philadelphia Open Space, Upperthorpe, Sheffield S10. The sofa is placed so that you look out over the Don Valley when seated. Description: A lifesize concrete sofa sited on the top of a bank looking out towards Sheffield Ski Slopes. The back of the sofa is decorated with faces in relief. The front face of the arms and the front base of the seat are decorated with thems from the natural world. Models were made in clay and then cast in concrete. Inscriptions: An inscription written in the side of the sofa states: "JULY 1998 / MADE BY THE FRIDAY NIGHT / GROUP AT THE HILL YOUTH / CENTRE WORKING WITH / THE ARTIST ROSS GILBERTSON / PART OF THE / PAVING THE WAY PROJECT / SUPPORTED BY / BT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME / THE SHEFFIELD SRD PARTNERSHIP EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND / AND DESTINATION SHEFFIELD" Commission: by 'Paving the Way' with funding from the Single Regeneration Budget. Supported by BT in the Community, the European Development Fund and Destination Sheffield. The brief involved working with young people from the Hill Youth Work Base, located in this part of Sheffield. Comment: Officially opened by Lord and Lady Mayoress of Sheffield on 14th July 1998. Other pieces opened the same day were made by Johnny White and Amanda Wray, Gillian Brent and Mandy Burton
description
Front of the sofa. Location: On grass by the roadside at Philadelphia Open Space, Upperthorpe, Sheffield S10. The sofa is placed so that you look out over the Don Valley when seated. Description: A lifesize concrete sofa sited on the top of a bank looking out towards Sheffield Ski Slopes. The back of the sofa is decorated with faces in relief. The front face of the arms and the front base of the seat are decorated with thems from the natural world. Models were made in clay and then cast in concrete. Inscriptions: An inscription written in the side of the sofa states: "JULY 1998 / MADE BY THE FRIDAY NIGHT / GROUP AT THE HILL YOUTH / CENTRE WORKING WITH / THE ARTIST ROSS GILBERTSON / PART OF THE / PAVING THE WAY PROJECT / SUPPORTED BY / BT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME / THE SHEFFIELD SRD PARTNERSHIP EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND / AND DESTINATION SHEFFIELD" Commission: by 'Paving the Way' with funding from the Single Regeneration Budget. Supported by BT in the Community, the European Development Fund and Destination Sheffield. The brief involved working with young people from the Hill Youth Work Base, located in this part of Sheffield. Comment: Officially opened by Lord and Lady Mayoress of Sheffield on 14th July 1998. Other pieces opened the same day were made by Johnny White and Amanda Wray, Gillian Brent and Mandy Burton
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Image Storage Location:
image_storage_location
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/00-0745.tif
Image Storage Location
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
GILBERTSON, Ross
creator
GILBERTSON, Ross
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Seating (Furniture) -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Seating (Furniture) -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Concrete art
subject_heading
Concrete art
Subject Heading
false