This bear has raised £47.00
1754 visits
The Bear
In 1950 the World Peace Council Congress was held in Sheffield and Picasso made an arduous journey by boat and train, to Sheffield, to participate. While in Sheffield, he had a hair cut and went for some Italian food at Butler’s Cafe on Brookhill, here Picasso draw a dove on a napkin. The dove symbolises peace and also appears on the poster that was created to advertise the conference. Bulter’s Cafe became Bulter’s Balti House and, in the entrance, they had a framed print of the dove on the wall and a black and white photograph of the car that Picasso was driven to the cafe in. Eventually, Butler’s Balti moved down the hill to bigger premises, some builders working in the flats above the vacated premises dangerously dislodged structural beams, so one day, in 2013, the entire building collapsed, completely destroying the place where Picasso drew a dove in 1950.
This bear by Sarah Staton, who lived near Brookhill, remembers the dove as a symbol of peace in our divisive times, the Chilli Peppers signifies not just the former Butler’s Balti, but also the welcome that Sheffield gives to newcomers and the enormous contribution that migrants make, which quite often begins with food culture.
Location
Meadowhall, Orange Car Park
The Artist
Sarah Staton
Sarah Staton’s multifaceted artistic practice incorporates inspiration from the complexities of our time, her work is informed from the areas of design, architecture, and fashion. She has been involved in a number of collaborative projects with artists, architects and institutions, and has undertaken many public commissions, including the Crucible Sheffield where her giant bench and trolleys animate the foyers, sitting like silent actors, to serve the audience before, after and in between performances. Her works are held in numerous public collections including the Arts Council, Tate and British Museum, and in private collections in Europe and the US. Staton has exhibited extensively in the UK and abroad. In 2002, she was awarded the Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow at Sheffield Hallam before going on to receive the Arts Foundation Sculpture Prize in January 2008. Her recent public work at Bristol University was shortlisted for a 2017 Brick Award. She is presently working on commissions at Milton Keynes, and for three sites on the London Tideway project. In 2020 Sarah Staton's SupaStore opened permanently at the Nida Art Colony, Lithuania. Staton is Senior Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art and currently lives and works in London.The Sponsor
