Hotel Art

The country’s first luxury art hotel, Chambers features over 200 pieces of original contemporary art work from the private collection of the hotel’s owner Ralph Burnet. Edgy and controversial pieces from the Young British Artist movement can be spotted throughout the hotel by renowned artists Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Angus Fairhurst, Gary Hume, and Sam Taylor-Wood.

Burnet Art Gallery Events

Chambers Burnet Art Gallery Presents
Wang Yanshu | Dreamland
June 18 through August 8 2009

Wang’s collection of digital images portray a flamboyant dreamland. “Most of my photos are filled with slight warm and cold tints. The former conveys sunshine while the latter renders a romantic, but lonely feeling. The two combined create a fantasy world. However, the world is not perfect until a strong color, such as a brilliant red is added,” explained Wang in a translated statement.

“As I see it there is little pure color in our actual lives. Everything in our eyes, even in our hearts, is likely covered with a large murky gray veil. Only when closing our eyes and dreaming can we get to the one and only pure land which is doomed to pass away once we awake but leaves us a hazy memory, an engaging impression and a flash of memory. So I try my best to capture that wonderful dreamland in my photos.”

Wang Yanshu currently works and lives in Beijing. She is a recent graduate of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, one of the oldest and the largest film and television schools in Asia. She was born in 1984 in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China.

Art Spotlight: Digital dreamland from the StarTribune

CHAMBERS Art Partners