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Title*

The Wingfield Wedge
County Suffolk   District Council Mid Suffolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Wingfield  Town/Village* Wingfield 
Road Church Road 
Precise Location Wingfield Barns Arts Centre, adjacent to Studio 3 
OS Grid Ref TM230767  Postcode IP21 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Grounds of the Arts Centre  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Richard Trupp  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Wingfield Arts 

Design & Constrn period

 2001 

Date of installing

 2001 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type:

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Sculpture  Cor-ten  H 185 cm x L 260 cm x W 61.5 cm 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Mid Suffolk District Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 Large abstract steel sculpture in the form of a giant wedge- installed as if it has been hammered into the ground adjacent to the Studio 

Description (iconographical)

 The Wedge is an amusing and eye-catching installation that also has formal interest as minimalist site-specific sculpture. The hammering suggested by the embedded installation may relate to the work done in the studio that it is installed again. More importantly the various angles of the end and top and bottom edges relate to the immediate and surrounding architecture as well as playing off against a leafy backdrop. A large urn has now (2010) been placed under it to prevent people walking into the wedge. Under the leadership of Ian Chance Wingfield Arts and Music were housed in Wingfield Barns in 2000, following the conversion of the Grade II listed timber framed barn built in 1537. Following the closure of the Wingfield Arts Trust in 2007 the buildings and the sculptures were taken over by the local authority, Mid Suffolk District Council and have now reopened as Wingfield Barns Arts Centre. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  16/10/2006
Date logged:  8/3/2007

Photographed by:
David Hulks

On Site Inspection

 Date:  16/10/2006

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 www.wingfield-arts.co.uk/wingfield.htm accessed 5-Mar-07 Information from Janine Pocklington, Arts Council England East, 21/1/2008 

Database

 Date entered:  5/3/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks