Art Macao | SJM’s exhibition opens at Grand Lisboa

The Art Macao festival is now in full swing, with all casino-based exhibitions having been officially opened. Gaming operator SJM’s contribution, “ART. Appreciation. Legacy”, launched at its Grand Lisboa Hotel yesterday.

Viewers can visit the lobby of the hotel to see up close the “Coin du Jardin” by late-19th century French painter Paul Gauguin.

The painting was made at a decisive moment in Gauguin’s life. Before the conclusion of this work, he was considered a businessman by trade and an amateur painter.

It was this painting that transformed Gauguin into a professional artist. The work was painted in Normandy, France, in the summer of 1885. It represents a rare moment of balance and peace in the complex and varied trajectory of Gauguin’s life.

In the painting, while ensuring the completeness of the picture, Gauguin aims to construct a garden space with several layers, including a thick forest at a distance, lively flowers and trees in the mountain view and the scattered grass in the near view.

There are sightings of scattered branches, leaves, flowers, and exposed brick-red soil, apart from color dots and clear strokes in the paintings.

The painting is on show in Asia for the first time.

It is the first phase of SJM’s Art Macao contribution. From July to October, the gaming operator will host one themed exhibition each month at various locations, including Regency Art Hotel, Ponte 16, and Oceanus at Jai Alai. Staff reporter