Climber
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, in the Grandstand Courtyard |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Louiz Kirkebjerg Nielsen |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | KPMG and later donated to the Hospital |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | An abstract sculpture that stands on three legs. The whole structure is constructed of conjoined rectangles and circles. All of the rectangles are painted a cobalt blue with red and orange discs at the ends of each of the arms. |
| Iconographical description: | “The inspiration for the sculpture came as I was thinking of the theme of a tropical garden and the idea of growth and movement in plants and trees. As each natural plant has its own unique structure by which it moves, grows, climbs and shoots in different directions…I wanted to create a feel of rhythmic movement, which relates to the human body and how we move and bend our hands, arms and legs. Without representing a person or a plant directly. I felt that there are certain visual features, which correspond to the idea of life and living beings. Thus the personified title ‘Climber’…Depending on where you place yourself in relation to the sculpture, it will change visually and leave you with a different impression of it…The bright colours I used are significant, in that they act as signs, which invite and attract attention (like tropical plants do). They also act like warning signs, and in this way increase one’s awareness of the space”. (Louiz Kirkebjerg Nielsen) |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing, Abstract |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Painted steel |
| Height (cm): | 430 |
| Width (cm): | 330 |
| Depth (cm): | 330 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
| History: | Louiz Nielsen was the winner of KPMG’s art competition for new artists who commissioned and donated the ‘Climber’. |
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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