Shan Valla

Stems, 2010

Glass, silver gilt and porcelain
Chemotherapy Department

For the entrance of the Chemotherapy Department, Shan Valla has made a work of soaring glass branches.  Nestled at the base of a mini forest of transparent and silver stems are a pair of gilded porcelain birds.

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Calm in Chemo

Installed in the Chemotherapy Department this commission along with two other commssions by Oona Culley and Valeria Nascimento explore light, shadow and reflection while striving to bring echoes of the natural world into the hospital.  This ensemble of works, which includes glass, porcelain, gilding, and silver leaf brings a restrained elegance and calm to the department with transparent, white, or highly reflective surfaces throughout.