COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
untitled
title
untitled
Title
false
Creation Date:
1972
creation_date
1972
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2001
image_date
2001
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Display Creator:
MACDONALD, Bryan
display_creator
MACDONALD, Bryan
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
01-3163
image_id
01-3163
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior view: [photographed in 2001] Location: Weston Park Hospital, facing Whitham Road. (AZ p98 2B) Description: Rectangular steel relief, decorated with circular, cellular, shapes whose surface is made up of a number of flat planes. A central square section of the sculpture consists of smaller, broken, forms which rotate very slowly both clockwise and anti-clockwise. These represent the division of cancer cells surrounded by larger, healthy cells. The wall below the sculpture is badly stained. Commission: Commissioned by a Dr King who was a consultant at Weston Park Hospital. The cost of the piece was £30,000 and was funded by the J.G. Graves Charitable Trust. Weston Park Hospital is one of only three purpose built specialist cancer hospitals in the UK. The moving portions of the piece were switched off after complaints about noise from patients and staff at the hospital. Efforts were made to lubricate the moving parts and subsequent leaking fluid from the motors is thought to be responsible for the staining on the exterior wall of the hospital. Installation of the work was a difficult and complicated undertaking requiring the use of specialist equipment including a thermic lance. Comment: For most of the 1990's the piece was obscured by a Cancer Care Appeal chart fixed in front of the sculpture and registering the progress of the Appeal. This has now been removed (April 1998). MacDonald was Head of Sculpture at Sheffield City Polytechnic at the time this work was made and subsequently emigrated to Darwin, Australia where he died in 1990.
description
Exterior view: [photographed in 2001] Location: Weston Park Hospital, facing Whitham Road. (AZ p98 2B) Description: Rectangular steel relief, decorated with circular, cellular, shapes whose surface is made up of a number of flat planes. A central square section of the sculpture consists of smaller, broken, forms which rotate very slowly both clockwise and anti-clockwise. These represent the division of cancer cells surrounded by larger, healthy cells. The wall below the sculpture is badly stained. Commission: Commissioned by a Dr King who was a consultant at Weston Park Hospital. The cost of the piece was £30,000 and was funded by the J.G. Graves Charitable Trust. Weston Park Hospital is one of only three purpose built specialist cancer hospitals in the UK. The moving portions of the piece were switched off after complaints about noise from patients and staff at the hospital. Efforts were made to lubricate the moving parts and subsequent leaking fluid from the motors is thought to be responsible for the staining on the exterior wall of the hospital. Installation of the work was a difficult and complicated undertaking requiring the use of specialist equipment including a thermic lance. Comment: For most of the 1990's the piece was obscured by a Cancer Care Appeal chart fixed in front of the sculpture and registering the progress of the Appeal. This has now been removed (April 1998). MacDonald was Head of Sculpture at Sheffield City Polytechnic at the time this work was made and subsequently emigrated to Darwin, Australia where he died in 1990.
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
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
MACDONALD, Bryan
creator
MACDONALD, Bryan
Creator
false
Creator Dates - Born:
1932
creator_dates_born
1932
Creator Dates - Born
false
Creator Dates - Died:
1990
creator_dates_died
1990
Creator Dates - Died
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:
Steel, Stainless
subject_heading
Steel, Stainless
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Sculpture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Kinetic sculpture
subject_heading
Kinetic sculpture
Subject Heading
false