'A-R-T Triptych' For Rushey Mead Academy: Final Installation

All Images:  'A-R-T Triptych', Acrylic Paints On MDF With Clear Acrylic Sheet,
Rushey Mead Academy, December 2015

I've already discussed this commission, carried out, earlier this year, for the school where I work, at some length.  Consequently, there's not too much more to say about it here, other than, (as promised), here are a few shots of the triptych of panels, as finally installed.

The installation itself was relatively straightforward and I'm pleased with the way they look in their chosen location.  Although the 'one-way-system' around the building dictates no one should normally approach them going up those stairs, real life and teenage behaviour dictate that at least some people are confronted by them head-on each day.

The corridor itself runs past our three Art Dept. rooms, appropriately enough.  As I divide my own working day between there and the Food Technology Dept. immediately below, my own knees are pretty familiar with that staircase too.  Anyway, I like the way the triptych becomes framed by the double doors if one does pass through them that way, and they definitely benefit from all that daylight flooding in from the adjacent window.

If the identically shaped acrylic sheets attached to the front of each panel make them a little harder to photograph, they do accentuate and deepen the colours even further, and made for some interesting reflections as my camera lens was positioned obliquely to their glossy surfaces. They're also justifying themselves in what can be a pretty high-traffic situation, as the odd surface scuff already attests.  I always knew the panels would need to take a fair battering during lesson changes, break times, etc., and replacing the plastic occasionally should prove easier than colour-matching and retouching the actual artwork, in the long-run.

Gratifyingly, the response from staff and students alike has been generally very positive in the few days that the triptych has been in-situ.  Therefore, thanks to all those people who've taken the trouble to big them up.  If anyone actively hates them, they haven't bothered to tell me, - so thanks for that too.