Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong has been beautifying the city-state’s streets for years along with his vibrant avenue murals and now, for the primary time, brings an intimate exhibition titled Tales From Yesteryear to the Sofitel Singapore Metropolis Centre.
The exhibition, which options 24 canvas work and 4 digital artworks, shall be showcased on the lodge from 26 February to 31 March 2021.
Painted between 2017 and 2021, the scenes within the work are panoramic but intricate and supply a visible historical past of Singapore together with main cultural festivals and traditions such because the Mid-Autumn Pageant, Hari Raya Haji, Chingay procession and the Hungry Ghost Pageant.
To permit friends to actually join with the artwork of Yip Yew Chong, the lodge is providing for the month of March a particular Yesteryear Peranakan menu which can spotlight some favorite dishes that replicate Yew Chong’s childhood and are depicted within the work.
Yew Chong has additionally hand-drawn a ravishing strolling map of the realm, which the Sofitel will give to in-house friends to allow them to discover the artist’s murals in and across the lodge after the exhibition.
Members of ALL – Accor Dwell Limitless loyalty program may have the possibility to attend particular evenings with the artist to listen to him share the tales of every art work and dine on conventional Peranakan dishes depicted within the work. Entry to the exhibition is free and friends who keep in-house shall be ready take away a particular hand-drawn map by the artist, to allow them to additional discover his murals on a stroll across the neighbourhood.
Yesteryear Package deal
The Sofitel Singapore Metropolis Centre is providing eating and keep packages for many who want to immerse themselves extra totally within the artist’s work. From simply $349++, the Tales from Yesteryear Package deal contains:
- In a single day lodging in a Luxurious Room
- Entry to the exhibition
- Breakfast for 2
- A curated Peranakan-inspired set dinner at Racines
- A home made cocktail impressed by the artworks
- A collection of Peranakan tapas at 1864
- Hand-drawn map of Yip Yew Chong’s murals which can be situated near the lodge
Company who e book a staycation may even enter a contest to win a particular excessive tea expertise by posting photographs of the murals and posting them to their Instagram. The packages can be found from 26 February to 31 March and could be booked right here.
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