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.
Kuhturm (Pink, Yellow, Blue)
Charles Young, 2023
Description
Made during the Goethe-Institut NORDIC Leipzig residency in 2023, ‘Kuhturm’ is a reinterpretation of a medieval tower that stood in Leipzig until it was destroyed to make way for an exhibition, in the 1930s, that never happened. “In his playful take on Leipzig’s iconic eight-sided Kuhturm building, the artist reimagines...
Shelf Life
Joseph Ingleby, 1990
Description
Exploring an uneasy ecological balance between nature and the man-made, this sculpture considers in a marine context the metamorphosis of a fish with a radioactive container. The eye is a canister lid, the gills behind are filters.
Sleeper (Bird’s Egg)
Joseph Ingleby, 2014
Description
Abstract organic sculpture for interior display. Exploring natural forms in an industrial material, a sleeping head or skull is suggested, delicately combining with the presence and fragility of a bird’s egg shell, expressing birth and death in a singular and united cycle.
Filter and Propulsion
Joseph Ingleby, 2019
Description
Abstract organic sculptures for interior display. Combining natural and industrial forms they address nature and its vulnerability to environmental change, particularly in a marine context.
Unhooking A Torment Must Begin Somewhere
Jill Gibson, 2016
Description
Unhooking A Torment Must Begin Somewhere The work, a chain link comprised of several interlocking links connected by a hook and eye is a deeply personal piece. It is part of an ongoing series examining familial relationships. In a sense it continues to be a catharsis; the materials emblematic and...
Ladies Purses
Jill Gibson, 2022
Description
I was drawn to some egg casings found on the beach near my home in Cullercoats on the Northeast coastline. The small Chondrichthyes are egg sacs, birthing chambers and sanctuaries for a variety of sea creatures, mainly sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras. These tough, leathery sacs, often called Mermaid or...
Folds
Laura Wilson, 2017
Description
Background, history, commissioner of the work ‘Folds’ was commissoned by SPACE, London for my solo exhibition (13 Jan–25 Mar 2017). The work saw me live carve a torso-sized piece of bath stone into the likeness of fresh bread dough alongside two female stonemasons. The work makes visible the passage of...