Loan Toolkit
SPG Loan is an online catalogue of sculptures available for placement in shared and communal spaces. The artworks were originally created for exhibitions and events and are now waiting in storage for a second life. Since 2018, Sculpture Placement Group has facilitated around 70 placements in schools, businesses, community groups, and universities.
The Loan Toolkit below provides artists and organisations with everything they need to plan and arrange a placement. All resources are free to download and use. Please get in touch if you have a query about the project.
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A Taste Of Honey
Joseph Ingleby, 1999
Description
Abstract organic sculpture for interiors exploring functional and natural associations and forms. Viewed through the mesh steel spoon the copper reflects a moire effect reminiscent of stripes on a bee.
Radiotrophic
Aimee Lax, 2018
Description
In 2017 Aimee Lax took part in a residency at Cove Park, Scotland, overlooking Loch Long. She was immediately struck by the soil, peaty rich-brown and shimmering with metallic-looking healthy bacteria. The fungus and lichen bright green and orange, as a result of the clean air. But lurking around the...
“You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until Its Gone” No.2. Simon Kennedy
Simon Kennedy, 2007
Description
Background, history, commissioner of the work Made in London 2007. Part of installation “Naughty But Nice” B&B Gallery, Folkestone Kent. 2009. Exhibited, Ritterhof Space, Kreuzberg Berlin. Featured in Cabaret show, Berlin Wintergarten. 2011. Solo exhibition “Scream” at The Icecreamists, Covent Garden, London. Featured on German ZDF TV, ARTE channel. Thematic/contextual...
Tangled
Saskia Jae Singer, 2019
Description
Inspired by Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott’s Squiggle Theory, my work is deeply motivated by the role of the subconscious and places importance on carefree aspects of squiggles and mark-making. My practice is predominantly ‘playing’ with materials, process and primitive techniques, it utilises the ‘formlessness’ of the squiggle: the subconscious guiding the...
Wireframe
David Lemm, 2023
Freestanding Wall hung/Wall based
Description
This work is informed by walks exploring the coastline at Findhorn beach, considering designed and organic structures encountered in the landscape. Originally produced for exhibition at Moray Art Centre, and subsequently exhibited in Edinburgh and Galashiels.
