The Lanesborough (once a hospital closed in the 1990’s) is one of the most expensive hotels in the world where the wealthy 1% strive to live the celebrity lifestyle. Rooms come with butlers and the hotel is a themed fantasy palace where the special few can find happiness and fulfill all their desires of a perfect weekend in London. This set of photographs by Karen Knorr represents the pursuit of happiness, staging a wedding party of taxidermised animals enjoying their place in the sun in the luxury rooms and suites. The animals here are dressed to kill and are all very willing subjects for Knorr’s camera. They pose, fly, flaunt their jewelry and royal connections who live down Buckingham Palace Road .This work emerged out of commission for Departures (2015) and is a playful satire on how to aspire to be rich and happy in a very exclusive part of town : Belgravia.
Karen Knorr, The Lanesborough
September 20 to November 5, 2016
Encontros da imagem
Braga, Portugal
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