Collaborative wallpaper design by Babs Haenen and Jacqueline Poncelet based on the unique art works of both artists. “What is more beautiful than to lay on one’s back looking up at the night sky?” Combining the sculptural elements by Haenen and the watercolour paintings by Poncelet, two artists created an alternative night sky for Magic …
Category archives: Public Art
2004 Ipswich Crown Court Commission
Jacqueline Poncelet was commissioned to create a work for the glazed façade of the Ipswich Crown Court building. This art work recalls stained glass windows as Jacqueline Poncelet has used blocks of colour and pattern across the windows. The intricate patterns allude to the order and structure of the law, and add visual interest to …
2010 Balance Arts Two, Queen Mary University, London
‘Architects Wilkinson Eyre collaborated with the artist Jacqueline Poncelet to develop a graphic treatment for certain sections of the facade which uses a book motif to represent the acquisition and sharing of knowledge across the humanities. This is expressed in particular on the cladding to the projecting volume of the drama studio.’ – e-architect Project …
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2006-08only here, only now Grammar School Court, Leicester
Project profile Client: Hammerson Art Agent: InSite Arts My project manager: Mary Hogben of Hogben and Hale Architects Structural engineers: Techniker Manufacturer: Twin Engineering. Milton Keynes
2019Three ViewsThe Marq, London, Public Art
This new development sits at the intersection of Duke Street and Jermyn Street, a part of London where the roads are narrow and where those not working tend to walk at a leisurely pace, window-shopping or peering into gallery windows. There’s an intimacy to these places; to Duke Street with its art galleries and Jermyn …
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2019it’s not all rock and roll Browns Café, Cleethorpes, North Promenade
Quotations from the Artist’s Brief: ‘The shutter project is inviting artists to design treatments for specific shutters along the promenade, to create a huge outdoor gallery.’ ‘The North Promenade is a very important destination and arrival point in the town. It defines an edge, between the Humber Estuary shaped by the forces of nature, and …
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2012Wrapper Public Art
Quote from AOTU ‘Wrapper’ leaflet. ‘In Wrapper, and throughout Poncelet’s artistic practice, patterns and colours play a key role as storytellers. She uses them in careful considered configurations and each has a very particular place and purpose in the overall composition. Through this visual choreography, the aims to generate illusionary spaces or simply to modulate …