Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Road, Broomhill, Sheffield - 3

Image: © Terry Robinson Taken: 1 Sep 2012

For more general information and views ... see the two linked pictures. Updated in February 2019 The Art Sculpture shown is an untitled Stainless Steel work, by Bryan MacDonald. Commissioned in 1972, by Dr King, a former Consultant at Weston Park Hospital. The cost of £30,000 was funded by the J. G. Graves Charitable Trust. The work is described as a Rectangular Steel relief, decorated with circular shapes. A central square section consists of smaller broken forms which rotate very slowly both clockwise and anti-clockwise. These represent the division of cancer cells surrounded by larger healthy cells. These moving pieces were switched off after complaints about noise, from patients and hospital staff. Efforts were made to quieten the moving parts by lubricating them, but this was unsuccessful. Lubricant leaking from the motors is thought to be responsible for the subsequent staining on the exterior wall under the Sculpture. The large hospital name sign now covers most of the stained area. See also ... Image Image

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