Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

Tracey Heyes
‘Charron Car Glass Panel’, 1997
Sainsbury’s, Archer Road
copper drawing fused on glass

Location:
Entrance lobby, Sainsbury’s, Archer Road. The building has a glass facade inside which the piece is suspended. (A-Z p.110 4B)

Description:
A panel , 2 metres high and 1˝ metres high, made up of 35 glass panes. The design recreates an engineering drawing.

Commission:
Sainsbury’s, under Percent for Art, to commemorate the Charron car, manufactured in 1912 by Laycock Engineering who were formally on the site.

Comment:
As the sun moves across the sky a secondary, coloured, reflection floor across the floor in front of the escalators changing shape slightly as it goes.

Publicity:
Article in Sheffield Telegraph 7/2/97
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