COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
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SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
The Gift
title
The Gift
Title
false
Caption:
Stone City Symposium - Sculpture Installation
caption
Stone City Symposium - Sculpture Installation
Caption
false
Creation Date:
1995
creation_date
1995
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
1995
image_date
1995
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
Material:
limestone
material
limestone
Material
false
Display Creator:
HAUGHNEY, Paula
display_creator
HAUGHNEY, Paula
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
95-3014
image_id
95-3014
Image ID
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Description:
Installation of the sculpture: Detail: The lower section of the piece installed. One of the metal brackets attaching the section to the theatre wall. Location: Crucible Theatre. Opposite Chapel Walk. The work was designed for the entrance to Chapel Walk, it would have been on the side of a church wall next door to a shoe shop. Unfortunately the church subsequently decided that the finished piece was not suitable for a number of reasons and The Crucible Theatre, which is immediately opposite the original site, agreed to take the work. (A-Z p5 3F) [Update 2001] The sculpture has now had to be removed from the Crucible because of a technical problem with one of the services to the theatre, which was unfortunately located in the wall immediately behind the sculpture. Understandably The Crucible are not keen to reinstall 'The Gift' as it could cause further difficulties if the technical problem happened again. A new site is being sought for it. [Update 2008] Still no sign that this piece will be re-erected; surely the City can find a site to display work of this quality. Hopefully the refurbishment of The Crucible offers an opportunity. Description: The relief shows an angel descending through clouds bearing a shoe, she is surrounded by other shoes. The shoe held by the angel is modelled on the artist's own wedding shoe. Commission: One of the pieces made during the Stone City Symposium , (19 June and 16 July 1995). Five sculptors carved five stone pieces to be included in the city centre. Each artist made five intial designs for the five different sites. Paula HAUGHNEY was selected to carve a piece to be installed at the end of Chapel Walk facing the Crucible. The plaque by the piece records: 'Sponsored by Foundation for Sport and the Arts, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Development Corporation. With Thanks to Sheffield Theatres & Chapel Walk Traders' Comment: The working title was 'The Angel and the Shoe'. The artist married her partner in hospital just before he died; this gives the piece considerable poignancy. Artist's Statement: (from the publicity leaflet for Stone City) "My sculpture often depicts figurative subjects; simple large rounded childlike and naive, with benign faces. I hope they relate to the viewer in a spiritual almost unconscious way. Expressive and emotional, sometimes with a sense of humour. Not contemporary in a modern sculptural way but dealing with timeless issues and feelings."
description
Installation of the sculpture: Detail: The lower section of the piece installed. One of the metal brackets attaching the section to the theatre wall. Location: Crucible Theatre. Opposite Chapel Walk. The work was designed for the entrance to Chapel Walk, it would have been on the side of a church wall next door to a shoe shop. Unfortunately the church subsequently decided that the finished piece was not suitable for a number of reasons and The Crucible Theatre, which is immediately opposite the original site, agreed to take the work. (A-Z p5 3F) [Update 2001] The sculpture has now had to be removed from the Crucible because of a technical problem with one of the services to the theatre, which was unfortunately located in the wall immediately behind the sculpture. Understandably The Crucible are not keen to reinstall 'The Gift' as it could cause further difficulties if the technical problem happened again. A new site is being sought for it. [Update 2008] Still no sign that this piece will be re-erected; surely the City can find a site to display work of this quality. Hopefully the refurbishment of The Crucible offers an opportunity. Description: The relief shows an angel descending through clouds bearing a shoe, she is surrounded by other shoes. The shoe held by the angel is modelled on the artist's own wedding shoe. Commission: One of the pieces made during the Stone City Symposium , (19 June and 16 July 1995). Five sculptors carved five stone pieces to be included in the city centre. Each artist made five intial designs for the five different sites. Paula HAUGHNEY was selected to carve a piece to be installed at the end of Chapel Walk facing the Crucible. The plaque by the piece records: 'Sponsored by Foundation for Sport and the Arts, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Development Corporation. With Thanks to Sheffield Theatres & Chapel Walk Traders' Comment: The working title was 'The Angel and the Shoe'. The artist married her partner in hospital just before he died; this gives the piece considerable poignancy. Artist's Statement: (from the publicity leaflet for Stone City) "My sculpture often depicts figurative subjects; simple large rounded childlike and naive, with benign faces. I hope they relate to the viewer in a spiritual almost unconscious way. Expressive and emotional, sometimes with a sense of humour. Not contemporary in a modern sculptural way but dealing with timeless issues and feelings."
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
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Related Information:
Stone City Symposium. For more information, and other images, see also < http://shimmer.shu.
> and < http://public-art.s
> .
For more information see also Public Sculpture of Sheffield and South Yorkshire < http://shu-primo.ho > .
related_information
Stone City Symposium. For more information, and other images, see also < http://shimmer.shu.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/1e8jf8 > and < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/stcity1.html > . <p> For more information see also Public Sculpture of Sheffield and South Yorkshire < http://shu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/44SHU_VU1:default_scope:44SHU_ALMA2140474120002501 > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
HAUGHNEY, Paula
creator
HAUGHNEY, Paula
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Female.
culture_gender
Female.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- Installation
subject_heading
Sculpture -- Installation
Subject Heading
false