Bangkok, Thailand, 5 April 2023 – As part of its anything but standard cultural programming, The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon is pleased to present the Bangkok debut of highly acclaimed British artist Lucy Sparrow. Opening to the public on 5 April 2023 and running until 5 May 2023, the 'Add to Cart' exhibition will transform the hotel's lobby, The Parlor and Tease into a bustling street food market with every snack on display crafted entirely from felt.

For the brand's latest collaboration with the artist, The Standard takes a deep dive into traditional Thai flavors that evoke nostalgia by recreating fond childhood memories through street food's association with good, simple times. Taking a trip down memory lane, the public will find food carts overflowing with every Thai street food staple imaginable – from moo-ping (grilled BBQ pork) and Isaan pork sausages to kanom krok (coconut rice pancake) and cotton candy and tropical fruits cart – all hand-stitched in the inimitable Lucy Sparrow style.

Taking over months to research, create and install, Lucy Sparrow says of her latest project; “The Standard has been such a supportive partner in my career and has shared some incredibly memorable moments with me over the last seven years. They gave me the platform for my first US show, '8 till Late' in New York in 2017 and then allowed me to share the felt with the west coast when I opened Sparrow Mart in downtown Los Angeles in 2018. I'm delighted to be back among friends as they open their incredible Bangkok hotel and can't wait to see my work installed there.”

The exhibition will be opened to the public from 5 April until 5 May at The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon at Relay Lobby, The Parlor and Tease. For more information about The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, visit https://www.standardhotels.com/bangkok/happenings/Lucy-sparrow-add-to-cart-bkk, call 02 085 8888, email stbkk@standardhotels.com or simply drop us a DM via LINE OA @thestandardbangkok.

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About the Artist:

Lucy Sparrow is one of the most exciting and original artists working in the UK today. She took the art world by storm in Summer 2014 with the opening of her fully-stocked felt Cornershop installation in London's East End. With queues around the block and wall to wall media coverage, it was both a commercial and critical success. In 2016, the BBC commissioned Lucy to recreate the Crown Jewels in felt, to celebrate HRH The Queen's official 90th birthday.

In May 2017, Lucy undertook her first solo show in the US, opening The Convenience Store, a New York bodega stocked with 9,000 felted artworks. Scheduled to run for a month, the store was an instant hit, selling out in just over two weeks.  The bodega dominated the NYC art scene, appearing everywhere from the New York Times to the massive TV screens on Times Square.  Returning to the US in August 2018, Lucy opened Sparrow Mart, a fully-felted supermarket in Downtown Los Angeles. Complete with 31,000 hand-painted works. Another instant hit, it generated global press attention and a round the block queue.  December 2018 saw Lucy's work unveiled in the windows of the Hermés flagship Store on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills and she dominated the headlines at Miami Art Week with her installation piece, Triple Art Bypass, that saw the artist perform 'live' surgery to huge crowds at Context Art Fair.

In 2019, Lucy opened her debut museum exhibition Lucy Sparrow's Felt Imaginarium at M Woods in Beijing, China. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, Rockefeller Centre in NYC played host to Lucy's on 6th, a fully stocked felt deli and immersive art experience. In April 2021 Lucy was selected as guest artist for series 2 two of Grayson Perry's Art Club.  Her work will be exhibited in the accompanying exhibition at Bristol Museum & Art gallery between December 2021 and May 2022. January 2022 saw Lucy return to the US for to unveil her most ambitious installation yet. She unveiled Tampa Fresh Foods, a 3,000 sq ft hypermarket filled with over 50,000 felt groceries, a Cuban sandwich bar and humidor, that went viral on tiktok, creating hour-long queues and global coverage.

In June 2022 the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall unveiled Lucy's fully-felted 6-metre long installation entitled 'The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Lunch', created to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 70th year on the British throne. In July, the work was installed in Buckingham Palace as part of the summer exhibition. For Frieze Week 2022, Lucy installed a felt covered ice cream van in Regent's Park selling Mr Frieze ice pops, Mr Whippy 99s and a full selection of childhood favourite ice lollies. In November 2022, Lucy opened Felt 'R' Us, a pop-up Christmas shop and exhibition housing her most loved installations. Meanwhile in Miami, Lucy treated Art Week visitors to McHappiness – a fully functioning felted burger restaurant and homage to the golden arches. Lucy Sparrow lives in a felt cave in an undisclosed location, with her companion Basil.

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