Back in November 2019 we commissioned a bespoke piece of artwork in the form of a meeting room table top for our then staff meeting room. This amazing piece by Chris Flemming @IDA4_ncl features multiple important landmarks in Newcastle and Gateshead including Grey’s Monument, The Millenium Bridge, The Angel of The North, The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Cooperage (one of Newcastle’s oldest buildings), Trinity Square Car Park (The famous car-park from the film “Get Carter”), Commercial Union House (A now demolished piece of ‘Brutalist Architecture’) and lastly, the Vampire Rabbit of the Cathedral Building.  Many have speculated about the Vampire Rabbit’s origins and meaning, but the jury is still out.

Not long after the piece was finished covid struck, and due to social distancing requirements, the meeting room was converted into a temporary office.

As Southern Green grew, the old staff meeting room was upgraded into a fully functioning office space housing 4 of our team, leaving no more space for a table of this size.

We always had plans to mount it within the SG office and there have been many a team discussions about where it would be best placed. Due to its size (2.4m x 1.2m), it was not safe to mount, even on our old solid Victorian walls, but we were all in agreement that it justified being displayed in a prime location in full view of staff and visitors. During a team building meeting at the start of the year, it was suggested that the artwork could be cut into 3 and installed as a series of pieces (known as a triptych in the art world).

We are thrilled this fantastic and very personal piece of artwork now takes pride of place in our office hallway – a location truly deserving of this incredible piece of art we will cherish forever…….even if the rabbit is terrifying.

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