Sharks suspended in formaldeyde, a balcony pool and flooring inlaid with butterflies are just some of the lavish highlights awaiting the hotel guests
Six large-scale artworks by Damien Hirst in a hotel suite, are more than enough to think of this suite as at least extravagant. The famous British artist designed a room for the the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, which then became the talk of the town.
The most jaw-dropping workof art features two bull sharks suspended in formaldehyde
The already famous Empathy Suite spans 9,000 square feet (836 square metres) and occupies two storeys- no wonder why it costs $100,000 per night. It offers two master bedrooms and a cantilevered outdoor pool overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, along with numerous lounges that can fit over 50 people, massage rooms, a salt relaxation room, a gym, two bathrooms and a powder room.
Hirst’s touches appear in nearly every aspect of the extravagant hotel suite, from furniture and textiles that incorporate his designs, to six large-scale original artworks. The most jaw-dropping features two bull sharks suspended in formaldehyde in a white tank, called Winner/Loser.
The impressive bar’s name is Here For A Good Time Not a Long Time
Others include a fish design above an impressive 12-chair bar, named Here For A Good Time Not a Long Time, and a translucent cabinet filled with pills, next to a six-person dining table. Another cabinet, The Winner Takes It All, is filled with cubic zirconias gems. White and chrome finishes lend a contemporary feel to the interiors.
Not your typical hotel bedroom
Throughout, hundreds of stencilled and embroidered motifs of skulls, pills and butterflies can be found on walls, furniture and upholstery. Two hundred vinyl appliques shaped like drugs also line the exterior and interiors of the suite, while glowing white columns have capsule designs on translucent film.
The pill elements play a key part in the decoration
The pill elements stand as a reference to the interiors of the Pharmacy restaurant at Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in London.
The balcony pool
Staying inside a 9,000-square-foot work of art can be as astonishing as it sounds.
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