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Lobby Art Gallery
Art ambassadors
We have fully reinvented the Lobby Bar of Hotel Emperador and turned it into a space dedicated to fashion and art. In our quest to promote talent, we have prepared an exhibition programme to showcase the work of young and established artists.
Inaugurated in September 2017, Lobby Art Gallery presents itself as an alternative art gallery which hosts temporary exhibitions and a permanent programme promoting artists from different art disciplines, ranging from abstract art to collages, sculptures and even interventions in our street art space.
Open Monday to Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to midnight. Free entry.
Our programme
Joo Eun
Sanguiun
From 05/11/2018 to 9/12/2018
Sanguiun is an invitation to change in the mountains, in solitude and in silence to listen to both your soul and our own soul and to feel the bond that exists between us and Nature.
The language that Joo Eun uses is made of the silences that pervade the mountains and the silences that accompanied her childhood, which were at times pleasant and at others terrifying. Over time, silence became her language, which is represented through the foggy landscapes, the snowy images with no signs of human footprints, the dark nights, etc. The mystique of nature is represented through these works and is highlighted by the contrast between the darkness and the light, which illuminates the path. The illuminated path is particularly inviting as it is bursting with mysteries and deeper feelings.
Joo Eun creates her art with unusual techniques that are based on water, earth and some pigments, which create very stimulating textures. In them, reference is made to the cosmos and the earth based on a vision and sensitivity that is halfway between east and west, which also evokes the mystical and ancestral character of nature.
Coco Davez
Faceless
From 11/12/2018 to 20/01/2019
Faceless are portraits based on the simplicity of the shapes and the combination of pure colours, which seek to capture the personal nature of each individual person. The face disappears to represent the energy of the person being portrayed.
Therefore, this realistic depiction uses pure colours, so that the feelings, experiences and memories transmitted by the person being portrayed to the author can be emphasised. Coco Dávez is able to make each portrait have its own personal character, as she is able to understand this in each person.
In a process of schematisation and synthesis, the young artist from Madrid turns the character into an icon, a symbol. She has fauvist influences, much like artists such as: Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Le Corbusier, David Lynch, Jacques Cousteau, Grace Jones, Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama etc. A pictorial journey through the popular culture of the 20th century, coming from the brush of one of the greatest artists at the moment.
Coco Dávez (Madrid, 1989) began her artistic career in London in 2010 when she began to work as an illustrator for the newspaper “El Mundo”. She has been progressing her career in the fields of art direction, photography and, the most well-known, painting.
Would you like to discover all the artists whose work we have exhibited in our art gallery?
Josune García Larrañaga
Primera exposición en el Lobby Art Gallery
27 de septiembre / 15 de noviembre 2017
En esta primera ocasión, en nuestro Lobby Art Gallery se expuso el trabajo de Josune García Larrañaga, con su pintura abstracta y envolvente a la vez que emotiva. “Deseo que el espectador no solo vea, sino experimente la pieza, y al sumergirse en los colores y su energía, pueda a través de ella, acercarse un poco más a su lado emocional” explica Josune.
“Para mí el arte es un proceso meditativo que me permite abstraerme de una mente hiper-racional. La búsqueda de perfección, las normas y el deseo de control se desvanecen y queda espacio para que el alma pueda hablar”, concluye.
Danielem
Arte en papel artesanal
17 de noviembre / 11 de enero 2018
“Mediante la presente exposición he buscado representar mi particular visión de la historia y del retrato, especialmente el regio, en alusión al elegante e incomparable marco expositivo en el que nos encontramos. Siempre he sido un enamorado de la pintura clásica y del retrato, con la aspiración de ir un paso más allá en la búsqueda de contemporaneizarlo”, destaca Daniel Esteban, “Danielem”.
Danielem crea obras realizadas íntegramente en papel, sin intervención pictórica alguna, donde los juegos de sombras, transiciones o volúmenes, no son más que el contraste producido entre soportes de diferente tonalidad y naturaleza. Papeles artesanales usados fundamentalmente en el mundo de la encuadernación, que por su naturaleza y peculiaridad dotan a la obra de un carácter único, irrepetible e incontrolable, pues en muchas piezas, los tonos o estampados del papel, mandan más que la propia voluntad del autor.
Sandra Val
Las heridas del alma: roturas, nudos y agujeros
11 de enero / 19 de febrero 2018
El proceso de trabajo de Sandra Val es una suma de elementos donde se reitera de forma característica la necesidad de reconstruir nuevas formas a partir del fragmento, de lo dañado-destituido u olvidado, de lo encontrado también. Hay cierta obsesión en reconstruir el gran puzle que representa cualquier vida marcada por el olvido, llena de lagunas y ausencias, en generar unidades completas dotadas de significado por medio de la búsqueda.
“Mi obra es un reflejo de mi propia vida, surge de la herida que generan el olvido y el silencio, evolucionando en la cicatriz que nos recordará siempre lo acontecido. Las cicatrices son, por tanto, un símbolo de cura, evolución y superación de aquello que nos hace más fuertes y resilientes”, destaca la artista.
Misterpiro
Through The Glass
19 de febrero / 4 de marzo 2018
La Gran Vía madrileña como paradoja de la calle, de todo lo que sucede en ella, y de sus transformaciones continuas. En los tiempos que corren, con la intensidad de la ciudad y los vaivenes de su energía, surge Through the Glass para tomar esa energía, capitalizarla en forma de vibrantes colores y adentrarla en un espacio en donde poder explotar y expandirse por doquier a la vista de quienes transitan la misma atmósfera en donde se originó. Un espacio emblemático que por primera vez se dejará alterar completamente.
Through the Glass es una muestra site-specific de Misterpiro, artista urbano revelación. Pintura, intervención e instalación fueron algunas de las composiciones que el artista creó en directo a medida que se familiarizó con el ambiente y se adueñó del mismo con su fantástico universo.
Sol Felpeto
Poop Arttoons
5 de marzo / 18 de abril 2018
Animales y arte se funden en la obra de Sol Felpeto, formada por piezas que podrían ser descritas como ‘multi-estilo’, si bien la filosofía de la artista ha sido siempre reproducir cualquier técnica mediante su material favorito: la acrílica. La colección expuesta en el Hotel Emperador permitió una conexión entre algo ya conocido como piezas de arte icónicas, y algo totalmente nuevo.
La artista venezolana define su trabajo como “un espectáculo que quiere entretener al público, que nace con la necesidad de sorprender y realizar la observación en lugar de la interacción”.
José Palacios
Fluor Suite
August 28 – October 7
Lobby Art Gallery at Hotel Emperador will be full of colour and contrast thanks to FLUOR SUITE, the new exhibition Madrid-born artist José Palacios. The exhibition will be open until October 7 in this centrally located art space. The inauguration party, with the support as always from Ambar Beers, will take place on Thursday, September 6, from 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
José Palacios is a contemporary artist who has fed from the art which maintains its aesthetic qualities above all trends. His colourful works preserve a classic scenic background, with figures and strong lines which give them a touch of abstraction and a semi-stroboscopic effect which brings great dynamism to his art.
What else do we offer in our Lobby Art Gallery?
A traditional essence
The Lobby Bar of Hotel Emperador has always stood out for its English-style elegance, combining the essence of tea rooms and classic British bars, to which we have added a touch of art and culture yet still maintaining the spirit which has consolidated us as a favourite choice in Gran Vía.
Comfort and elegance in Madrid
Relaxing while you observe the daily life of a city like Madrid is a luxury you cannot afford to miss, especially if you are doing so from a place such as the Lobby Art Gallery of Hotel Emperador. This relaxing spot offers comfortable armchairs, some of them of the chesterfield variety, and a sophisticated decor visible through the large windows overlooking Gran Vía.
Simply irresistible
We offer a large selection of cocktails, beers, wines and a tasty light menu which includes salads, sandwiches, burgers and desserts. We are the best option to relax and unwind before dinner with a cocktail or a drink after a long day of work or sightseeing.