Barts Cancer Centre
Richard Wentworth
RAHERE ASSOCIATION COMMISSION
We are delighted to announce that Richard Wentworth has been awarded the Rahere Association Commission,
for a permanent artwork that is inspired and informed by the long and distinguished history of Barts. The new
site-specific work will be installed in the new hospital building in the autumn of 2010.
Darren Almond
RADIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Turner Prize nominee, Darren Almond, has created a stunning photographic installation for the new radiotherapy department.
This series of landscape photographs, taken with a long exposure during the full moon in remote geographical locations,
includes more than a dozen large images that will create an immersive environment for patients throughout the department.
ATRIUM COMMISSION
As part of our major art commissioning programme for the new hospital at Barts, Vital Arts
is offering a significant commission for a new work to be made for the four-storey atrium
which will serve as the main public circulation and meeting space for the building.
This is an exciting opportunity for an artist (or artist collaborative) to create a permanent artwork
for a major civic building at the centre of one of the world’s greatest cities. It will provide a unique
chance to realise a site-specific work that will be seen by a hugely diverse audience as part of a
high profile project of major importance to
Hannah Collins
Acclaimed international artist Hannah Collins has been commissioned to photograph the panoramic views of the city from the roof top of Barts as part of her True Stories series. She has created four stunning photographs which are installed in the new Imaging Department, Barts Cancer Centre
Oona Culley
With the support of the Abbey Harris Mural Fund, Oona Culley has been commissioned to make a site-specific wall-based work in the new hospital at Barts. Entitled Puddles and Reflections, the work will have reflective properties and explore the theme of bringing the outside in.
James Ireland
James Ireland has been commissioned to create a new work that extends his interest in landscape, nature and artifice.
The horizontal work will stretch nearly seven meters across. It is a sequence of overlapping aluminium-mounted images
each of a different unrelated picturesque view of nature.
hybrid of spectacular landscape.
Sarah Jones
Artist Sarah Jones has created a special edition of her acclaimed 'Rose Garden' series for the enjoyment of patients receiving treatment in the new hosptial at Barts.
Anka Dabrowska
Anka Dabrowska brings a bit of Warsaw to Barts with a series of newly commissioned kiosks, based on the vibrant street life of her native city. These tiny jewel-like constructions are made from scraps of packaging, photos and found material. Dense and richly layered - not unlike actual kiosks which tend to be tightly packed with an astonishing array of goods - these works demonstrate the artist's particular facility for improvised creativity.
Darren Almond, Susan Derges, Simon Patterson, Sophy Rickett
RADIOTHERAPY LINAC SUITE CEILINGS
Patients are urged to “look up” in the Radiotherapy Department with engaging artworks installed in light-boxes in the ceiling of treatment areas.
Patients receiving radiotherapy, will be taken away from their immediate concerns and transported by artworks, which include reconfigured
celestial constellations, magical tree canopies and riverside wildflowers viewed by moonlight.