LateRooms.com presents Destination Inspiration while the Hyatt Regency Hotel launches Making Waves - a Contemporary Art exhibition

LateRooms.com呈現時裝目的地的啟示。同時間倫敦的凱悅酒店推出興風作浪 - 當代藝術展。

Oil on Canvas Painting (1998) by Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie (depicting in slow motion the 17-year-old Olga Korbut's gold medalist on the parallel bar).  It  hangs as a unique backdrop behind a standing-banner put up by LateRooms.com at the Hyatt Regency Hotel - The Churchill.  2012 marks the 40th anniversaryt of Olga Korbut's gold medal performances in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.  Photo by Lucia Carpio (seen below at the event). 

At a cocktail reception I was attending yesterday, courtesy of LateRooms.com (which had organised for the evening a presentation of fashion destinations and shopping insights by fashion commentator and broadcast journalist Caryn Franklin), I found it intriquing that myself and other guests were surrounded by a display of exceptional art while we were served delicious canapes and drinks. 

Untitled, 2005, Oil on Canvas painting by Jin Meyerson of South Korea.  He takes as his subject American Football showing his fascination with speed and movement.  Photo by Lucia Carpio

Horse, 2010, Oil on Canvas by British artist Kate Groobey.  Her figures are often pictures as if dancing or exercising.  Photo by Lucia Carpio.

The event was held at the Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill (in London's West End near Marylebone), which is launching an exhibition "Making Waves: International Contemporary Art from the Saatchi Gallery" - officially opening on 1st June just before the Diamond Jubilee weekend celebrations and also as its way of paying homage to the forthcoming 2012 Olympic Games. 
The exhibition presents the woworld work of artists from around the world who are rising stars within the UK and internationally.    The artists are from the UK, as well as the US, Germany, Poland, Tunisia, DR of Congo, India and South Korea.

Poster, 2004, Oil and Flashe on canvas, by Joanne Greenbaum of the USA, a graphic composition unfolding bold shapes and colours.
Photo by Lucia Carpio.

German sculptor Martin Honert's Giants (Riesen) 2007 (inspired by memories of his childhood), are life-like human figures that dominate the area that links The Churchill's lobby with the hotel restaurant.

From now until October, the artists works are displayed throughtout the hotel's lobby and restaurant areas.  As I examined many of the works closely, I found that the over-riding theme is sport, obviously with the forthcoming 2012 Olympic Games in mind. 

Guests reaching the Reception of The Hyatt Regency - The Churchill are greeted by a Pigment Print portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by British artist Chris Levine.  The Queen is wearing the Diamond Diadem created for George IV and worn by Her Majesty for the procession to her Coronation in 1953.
Photo by Lucia Carpio.

The exhibition also pays homage to The Queen as her protrait by British artist Chris Levine in the lobby behind the main reception welcomes guests as they check in the hotel.  This work was created while The Queen was resting during an extended sitting for a holographic portrait which Levine was commissioned to make in commermoration of the Island of Jersey's 800 years of allegiance to the crown.

In the Regency Executive Suite - FAVN Sofa by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, Carla Busuttil's oil, Steve Bishop Jean - PaulGaultier-Classique(ArticFox).

Jill Mason's Head and Mind Bending Landscapes in the bedroom of the Regency Executive Suite.

Meanwhile, guests can also experience art by checking in to the Limited Edition Saatchi Gallery Suite, from now until 31 December.  On entering this exclusive Regency Executive Suite, they can sleep amongst a collection of works.  Highlights include Steve Bishop's Jean-Paul Gaultier - Classique (Artic Fox), a sculpture combining a taxidermied fox, concrete and paint inspired by the Gaultier perfume bottle, and iconic furniture designs by Danish design brand Republic of Fritz Hansen (TM), and furniture by Spanish designer Haime Hayon, and a collection of lamps from the Kaiser idell(TM) collection by Christian Dell.