Anderson O'Day - Fine Art - Independent Art Advisors and Curators

Client
Exchequer Partnership

Location
Government Offices Great George Street
Westminster

Architect
Foster and Partners


The ornate Edwardian architecture, a feature of this English Heritage listed building, presented a rare opportunity for artists to make a contemporary intervention. As well as establishing a visual flow, the client wanted the artworks to animate the spaces in the prestigious Whitehall entrance of the refurbished Treasury site. A shortlist was developed leading to commissioned works from the painter Peter Davies, and sculptors David Batchelor and Fiona Banner.

David Batchelor Treasury Magic Hour 2004
Steel and aluminium lightboxes, fluorescent light,
acrylic sheet, vinyl 355 x 73 x 22 cm
Photos © Kevin Sansbury