Projects - Sculpture Placement Group

Team Sculpture

Empowering Youth Through Art

Team Sculpture engages young people with contemporary art through hands-on workshops and community-based projects. Collaborating with schools like Govan High and Dunbar Academy, and organisations like Barnardo’s Gap Homes and Amina.

Floating Head

Richard Groom, 1988

Originally created by Richard Groom for the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, Floating Head is a 26-tonne sculpture reflecting Glasgow’s industrial past. Sculpture Placement Group’s work to refurbish and redisplay the piece reveals the complex realities of commissioning, ownership, and preservation in public art.

The Brolly

Maria Gondek, 2023

The unveiling of Maria Gondek’s The Brolly at Platform in Easterhouse was a collaborative effort, initiated in 2021/22 through a partnership between Platform, Blairtummock Housing Association, and SPG. The aim was to develop a new sculpture for exhibition alongside a permanent installation within a community setting.

Step

Jacqueline Donachie, 2021

Informed by our experience with Floating Head, STEP tested a new commissioning model—an Acquisition Partnership—designed to consider an artwork’s long-term future from the outset. This pilot involved artist Jacqueline Donachie and Glasgow venue SWG3.

Material Change

Podcast

A series of conversations exploring the intersection of visual art and ecology. Through interviews with artists, designers, organisations and researchers, Material Change reflects on creative practice in the context of the ecological emergency.

Loan

Extending the life of sculpture through public placement

SPG Loan places sculptural works into public and non-traditional spaces, offering long-term loans to organisations, community groups, and educational settings. The programme supports the visibility of contemporary sculpture while rethinking models of access, display, and care.

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