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Revision as of 05:37, 27 November 2007 by Greatartists210 (talk | contribs) (←Created page with ' In 2005 the Hotel des Arts, in San Francisco, opened a new breed of ideas for hotel room accommodations. The ideas was to integrate the work of local artists into ...')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In 2005 the Hotel des Arts, in San Francisco, opened a new breed of ideas for hotel room accommodations. The ideas was to integrate the work of local artists into each room. This unique idea has attracted the attention of the national and international press, including the New York Times, CBS news, San Francisco Chronicle, X-Funs Magazine from Taiwan, and many more. The final product became something unique and never seeing in accommodations before.
Each room was painted by artists from all origins, using different types of art medium. The artists used their imagination and the freedom to paint everything - from walls to ceilings, nothing was left behind. Each room as unique as the artists, with different usage of material, such vinyl records mounted on the wall, or plastic bags, graffiti, fabrics, three dimensional art work, and even installations.
One of the most impressive rooms is suite 500/501, or just known as “Regis and Bloum” suite. In 2005 Regis was approached by the hotel owner to paint one of the suites. Regis accepted the proposal and invited another local artist, Bloum, to collaborate with him on this project. The artists used a mix of two and three dimensional work in the rooms.
The living room wall has been transformed to art by Bloum, who used labels from plastic bags from around the world. . Bloum is well known for making art from plastic bags, by overlaying a variety of bags to create a form of transparency that contains many messages behind each layer. The bags are from well-known businesses in the United States, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, to international hotels, food stores and the like.
Facing Bloum's wall is a wall painted by artist Regis Silva . It is painted as a red brick wall, with a big half circle window. A large than life woman with curly hair is stands in the center of window. The entire wall is a two-dimensional painting, with the exception of the woman standing in the window, whose face and breasts protrude from the wall, displaying her presence in the room, full of color and life. The background of the window is an image of a beach and the sea, and the whole window and personage were painted with a mixture of fabrics, and other materials.
The bedroom, with two queen beds, was transformed to art by both Regis and Bloum. They mixed their style in an elegant form, complementing each other’s work. It is a fusion of ideas that becomes one piece, making the mind think that it belongs to one artist. The room is absolutely beautiful with its tone of color and sophisticated design. The wall behind the beds is painted a bright tone of orange that is shiny like glitter. The headboards are painted on the walls as an arch, and inside the arches, Bloum's added her unique style. On the opposite wall, Regis created a colorful resemblance of the sea and it’s unknown creatures. Also, throughout this wall, Bloum used bags with labels such as Target and the Thank You that we see all around.
The bathroom didn’t escape the artists’ brushes. It is painted red and black with some distinctive symbols, and miniature baby dolls are perched on top of the cabinet. Closets and doors were also painted. The entrance doors are painted with blue and sienna colors, a resemblance of a landscape. One of the doors contains the work of Bloum, while Regis made a three dimensional woman's bust and face on the other door.
The entire room is not just a hotel room suite, but a beautiful piece of art that has become on of the top requested room.
The hotel and Regis and Bloum’s suite has not gone unnoticed. National and international press have written about this suite. X-Funs Magazine, out of Taiwan, is dedicated to art, and recently published a ten page feature article on this collaboration by Regis and Bloum at the Hotel des Arts.
www.sfhoteldesarts.com www.regissilva.com www.bloum.net