I painted many different objects for people, leather jackets, a skull, wallets, shoes. – What sort of projects have you done during your artist residency besides the mural? Its difficult to put into words, but it was absolutely a mystical experience that has changed me deeply, I am really grateful to have experienced that. Over the course of him playing I completely broke down, and was able to see myself and the painting for its true meaning and purpose. A shaman came and performed a gong ceremony during the last two hours I completed the large painting I had been working on for 5 months. I had the most transformative art making experience of my life on the last night of my stay. I think the big take away from the residency is that people are genuinely kind and interested. I met a lot of incredible people during my stay - artists, celebrities, art dealers, fashion designers, people that are passionate about what they do. – Can you tell us a bit about what you have experienced during your artist residency? I don’t think there is anywhere else like it in the world, you feel like you have entered a portal into this beautifully curated experience, it truly is fantastic. I can see how it fits nicely into the equation, and I´m very pleased that it helps set a tone for the hotel, it is a very special place. This painting was the first piece of art commissioned for the hotel, and apparently it helped set the stage for other aspects of the hotels development. – Do you think differently of the first artwork now that you have spent so much time around it and in the hotel? People tend to get a bit lost in the work based on the scale and amount of detail. There is a lot of depth created by playing with structured patterns juxtaposed with organic chaos, giving the viewer an unsettled sense of wonder. It was an open ended inspiration that let me explore some of the darker and more mysterious elements of my own experience as an artist. When I was first commissioned the initial painting, I was given a poem written by the owner of the hotel Rami Fustok. – What was the main inspiration for the original artwork for Mandrake, and what is the ideas for the second artwork?īoth pieces are coming from a very personal space based on experiences in life, pain, joy, discomfort, happiness, all spectrums of the human experience. The Mandragora, as the second artwork is called, will be priding the walls in the hotel, in great company of the Mandrake. His second artwork for the hotel was created while guests are invited to witness the mural in progress. spent over five months focused on creating what has come to be an amazingly detailed artwork, inspired by the Mandrake plant.įrom 13th to 26th November, Peter-John was back in London to create more art for the hotel, this time as an artist in residence. The artwork, called Mandrake, was created almost two years ago while the hotel was still a work in progress. The Mandrake boutique hotel opened its doors with a grand opening in October, showcasing a massive 8x2 metres mural, hand painted on commission by Peter-John de Villiers.
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