Bryan O'Sullivan Studio has conceived the interior of The Red Room bar in Mayfair's The Connaught hotel to feature artworks by female artists including Louise Bourgeois and Jenny Holzer among an eclectic mix of furnishings.
Tucked behind a velvet-curtained doorway, The Red Room is the first bar to open in The Connaught in more than a decade and serves a selection of wines from the hotel's 30,000-bottle cellar.
The Red Room bar is set inside The Connaught hotel in Mayfair
The bar's name is a nod to the artworks on its walls, all of which feature a touch of crimson.
Among them are two pieces from renowned French-American artist Louise Bourgeois: a word art piece called I Am Rouge and an untitled hologram that depicts a surreal scene of a miniature chair housed in a bell jar. Surfaces throughout are a pale pink hue
Also represented are Vietnamese artist Tia-Thuy Nguyen, photographer Trina McKille and conceptual artist Jenny Holzer. The only artwork in the bar that wasn't created by a woman is a pair of arched stained-glass panels by British painter Brian Clarke.
These six artworks, selected by hotelier Paddy McKillen, set the tone for Bryan O'Sullivan Studio's interiors scheme for The Red Room.
"When designing the space, we envisioned an eclectic art collector's home," the Shoreditch-based studio explained. "It's a space that feels elevated yet utterly relaxed."
Works by artists including Louise Bourgeois are on display
One end of the space is dominated by ...