Step into the grandiose Lobby and be welcomed by ALIZARIN, an Afternoon Tea-inspired work of art by Timothy Paul Myers.

In conjunction with "The Art of Tea" Afternoon Tea educational series, ALIZARIN will be featured in The Lobby for the next few months. The art piece features a formal display of an Afternoon Tea setting, with every item entirely hand-wrapped in crimson felt. An element of travel is woven into the art with suitcases and items from the suitcases, such as shoes and a camera. The majority of the items are the real items themselves, covered in red felt. ALIZARIN was produced in six weeks, with a team of more than 10 people assisting Timothy Paul Myers with the work.

Myers' inspiration for this work came from his childhood. Myers' states, "I remember as a kid taking huge piles of toys and meticulously arranging them into intricate scenes from stories I had heard. I remember being aware of how I could rearrange objects in various ways to adjust the story. This art of storytelling through objects is at the heart of this installation. We are arranging collections of very specific objects, and the way the objects are arranged reveals the stories and likely each person who interacts with the piece will have an individual story to tell about it."

ALIZARIN is part of The Peninsula's Art in Resonance program and was commissioned by The Peninsula in 2019 when it was first displayed at The Peninsula Hong Kong. Art in Resonance is The Peninsula's global commitment to promoting the rich and vibrant cultural aspects of the group's city destinations through memorable art experiences.

About the Artist

Timothy Paul Myers is originally from Australia, now living in New York City. He is known for his large-scale sculptural works that combine everyday objects with a variety of unconventional materials. He stages them in fictional environments raising questions about the interplay between humans and their possessions. Stemming from a practice deeply rooted in theater design and industrial fabrication, Myers' sculptures are bold and immersive. Audacious in scope, Myers' work is constructed with meticulous attention to detail and painstakingly staged, giving his sculptural environments a tactile energy coupled with a disquieting sense of stasis in time and place, drawing the viewer into a dialogue with familiar items in new settings.