Steel & perspex, 130 x 100 x 2 cm
Commissioned through a number of institutional exhibitions, a body of work was produced including signage, drawings, paintings, photographs and maquettes to visualise the Radical Loyalty sculpture park.
A series of drawings, produced as polymer gravure etchings, depict the proposals of the five directors—from distinct sectors of commerce—who were consulted for their personal view on their understanding of loyalty, how this might be expressed in a radical manner, and how their ideas might take sculptural form.
A series of five maquettes were then produced with each iteration commissioned by institutions' exhibiting the works. An 'artists impression' of the prospecive sculpture park, painted by Chris Evans & Padraig Timoney, is a projection of the site in its entirety:
Installation views: Kunstverein München, 2014
1. Adapt and Survive
Bronze with white patina. 44 × 9 × 10 cm.
Proposed and titled by Kari Vaiha, Manager of Environment Sonera-Telia Telecom, Finland
2. Effectual versus Ineffectual
Maquette: wood, steel, perspex, plaster and pigment. 65 × 35 × 8 cm.
Proposed and titled by William Davie, Director of Knowledge at Schlumberger Sema, France
3. Egyptian Horses
Powder-coated steel. 64 × 32 × 32 cm.
Proposed and titled by Martin Fehrmann, Managing Director of DaimlerChrysler Finance, UK
4. Three Pebbles
Pigmented plaster, 90 x 64 cm
Proposed and titled by Cliff Burrows, Managing Director of Starbucks, UK
5. Neuron
Bronze with grey and white patinas, 70 x 35 x 8 cm
Proposed and titled by Susana Carvalho, President of J. Walter Thompson, Portugal
Radical Loyalty sculpture park: visualisation Chris Evans & Padraig Timoney
Oil on canvas, 120 × 180 cm.
Exhibitions and support from 2004 to the present:
'Ill Communication', Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; 'Radical Loyalty', Tramway Project Space, Glasgow, (solo); 'Radical Loyalty', Artconnexion, Lille (solo); 'Shiftscale', Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn; 'Chris Evans', store, London, (solo); 'Unfinished Business', MoCA, Belgrade; 'Radical Loyalty', Studio Voltaire, London, (solo); 'British Art Show 6' (Hayward Gallery curated exhibition touring Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle and in venues across Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol); 'Élègance', Kölnischer Kunstverein; Cologne; 'Regenerate Art', Kunstverein München. In addition to the support of these institutions, the work has also been financially supported by the Arts Council of England and Henry Moore Institute.
A concise publication published by Art Museum of Estonia, Peacock Visual Arts and City Projects includes notes on the proposed sculptures:
Radical Loyalty
Published by Art Museum of Estonia, Peacock Visual Arts and City Projects, 2005
16pps. Offset, perfect bound. Cover screenprinted in white ink.
Magnetic Promenade includes commissioned texts by Rita McBride and Glen Rubsamen, David Burrows and Simon O'Sullivan, Keren Cytter, Will Holder, Will Bradley, Niru Ratnam, Liam Gillick, Jon Wood, Jaki Irvine, Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan, Graham Fagen, Natasha Soobramanian, Padraig Timoney, Matthew Welton and re-published excerpts of Edward Gorey and Raymond Roussel.
Magnetic Promenade
Published by Studio Voltaire, 2006
Edited by Chris Evans. Designed by Will Holder
ISBN 1-900029-23-5, edition: 1000
Order from House of Voltaire, London
A future version of the sculpture park, in 1:20 scale model form, to be sited directly on the plot of land, would evolve from this inventory of works and present the proposed sculptures together in composite form.