Corporate art and public art require a participation that is more complex than buying work for a private individual. It presents a great opportunity to introduce different cultures to the chosen art. Through it all, we can learn about our differences and our similarities as human beings. ....... Art can be confrontational and typically once someone understands more about the artist, the story, his or her relevance in history, the work becomes more accessible and friendly. As in all Corporate art collection projects the consultant has a social responsibility to the context of the chosen art. After all the work had been hung, we had the pleasure of introducing the new work to the employees through open discussion and to give valuable background information on each artist’s work.

For this collection Louise Bourgeois drawings sit alongside abstracts done by Bermudian artists. Here we focused on offsetting the fabulous tropical blue skies with a lot of blues and greens. Vik Muniz's Almond Tree is a collaged testament to Van Gogh's last painting done with millions of hole punched paper circles. The clean abstract lines and shapes of Victor Pasmore compliment the playful jigsaw paintings of Marta Marce. There is a lot of intensity in the photographic work of Roni Horn's glaring falcon portrait or Nan Goldin's foreboding cirrus sky next to grace and lightness of Dan Warth's fluttering leaves and Paul Villinski's striking installation, consisting of hundreds of gold leaf butterflies made out of beer cans bursting out on the main boardroom walls.