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Chesterfield
Derbyshire East Midlands Spital Lane |
Solitary |
Hillary Cartmel & Students of Hady Primary School and Hasland Hall Community School (Chesterfield)
1999 |
Steel silhouettes of four figures – three female and one male – standing closely together in a semi-circle with their arms around one another's shoulders. In front of the silhouettes are two marker posts with children's faces.
For this sculpture, the sculptor worked with pupils at two nearby schools. For the main sculpture, she invited GCSE art students at Hasland Hall Community School to make 'a contemporary and positive image of teenagers with the idea of Botticelli's Three Graces in mind.'
For the marker posts, pupils at nearby Hady Primary School made drawings of children's faces, which she translated into small bronze reliefs.
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In the pavement in front of the sculpture is a circular steel plate with a logo (?) and the following texts:
Solidarity by Hilary Cartmel 1999 |
With design input from GCSC students at Hasland Hall Community School |
and Year 5 and 6 students at Hady primaryu school |
This work has been sponsored by Persimon Homes North Midlands ltd |
and commissioned by Chesterfield Borough Council as part of its Percent for Art programme |
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