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

Tony Donnelly
‘Leaping into View’, 1998
The Exchange, Commercial Street, S1
paint on boards

(removed when the building was re-developed in 1999)
Location:
The Exchange, Commercial Street, S1 (A-Z p5 1H)

Description:
Black and white painted boards infilling the windows at ground level of this fine building. Each painting depicts the face of a child with the professions that they would choose for themselves, written in a facsimile of their own handwriting underneath it. The children came from various schools in the city. The project formed part of Donnelly’s final year Degree Show work while a Fine Art student at Sheffield Hallam University.

Commission:
Self-generated. The artist negotiated with English Partnership, owners of the building.

Comment:
The building is scheduled for renovation. This piece will remain here until building work commences.

Update October 1999: this has now started and the panels have been removed.



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