Series name | Public Art |
Description | In 1991, Amal Ghosh was commissioned to create a series of murals for the Eastman Dental Hospital on Gray’s Inn Road in London. The murals were designed for the main treatment room and the waiting room of the hospital. Amal Ghosh’s technique involved fusing vitreous enamels on a sheet of prefabricated steel panels. The mural in the treatment room is 180cm x 900cm and is based on a collage of photographic images of the hospital while the waiting room mural, which is 180cm x 300cm, is centred around an imaginary landscape. |
Date of Creation / Publication | 1991 |
Creator | Ghosh, Amal |
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Collection and Reference Number | Amal Ghosh Collection (GB 2661 AG) |
Catalogue Number | AG/PA/1 |
Copyright | The Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable. |
Access to originals | The originals are located with Amal Ghosh |
Series notes | Amal Ghosh became actively involved in Public Art projects since 1965 in an effort to bring |
Collection notes | Artist Amal Ghosh was born in Calcutta, India, in 1933. He studied at the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta with tutors who had graduated from the British Slade School in the 1930s. As a result, his artistic training was characterised by strong classical European bias which emphasised formal instruction. After moving to the UK in the 1960scomma he completed his postgraduate education at the Central School of Art & Design in London, which later became Central St. Martin |