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Home Office
In 2002 we began commissioning public art for the planned Home Office headquarters in London. Working with the Home Office, the architects Terry Farrell & Partners, the developer Anne’s Gate Property plc, and the construction company Bouygues UK, we commissioned art that could be enjoyed by the building’s many visitors.
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A view of the façade showing Liam Gillick's canopy |
Artist Liam Gillick produced works that were integrated into the façade and surroundings of the building. Drawing on his interest in architecture, Gillick designed coloured glass elements for the building's canopy and the ground floor recessed window spaces. He also created a striking entrance icon, text “hidden” within the façade, and two mirrored steel sculptures on the adjoining lawns.
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Gary Webb's site-specific work for the building's public art strategy |
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As part of the building's public art strategy we commissioned site-specific works from Roger Hiorns, Georgie Hopton, Runa Islam, Simon Periton and Gary Webb. These artists produced works in a range of media from traditional sculpture to film presented on a large under-water screen. Selected by Liam Gillick with the GAC, the artists' works respond eloquently to the architecture of the building and the surrounding public spaces.
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Toby Paterson's commissioned relief mural New Townscape 1 |
New art was also commissioned for the interior of the building. For the main foyer, Toby Paterson designed two relief murals based on modernist architectural plans. Responding to a central Home Office priority, artists Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane selected art by British prisoners and young offenders for their project The Home Office Collection of Art from Prisons. The artists presented the collection in several different communal spaces throughout the building.
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