Indigo pearl shows an eclectic

Indigo pearl shows an eclectic

The courtyard of the resort's Rivet restaurant was converted to an exhibition hall to showcase impressive artistic creations in the realms of fashion, art, cuisine and entertainment

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Indigo Pearl Phuket resort was the venue for a unique art exhibition called FACE, short for fashion, art, cuisine and entertainment. The event, held in the resort's Rivet restaurant, had all that and more. Hosts Prakaikaew Na-Ranong, deputy managing director at Indigo Pearl, and Kelly Lewis, the resort's jovial general manager, greeted guests who began arriving in the early evening at a reception in the restaurant's courtyard, which had been set up as an exhibition area. The courtyard was bordered with large canvases by award-winning Lebanese designer and artist Pierre Koukjian. Growing up in Germany, France and the Middle East, Koukjian came to the arts through jewellery making. He discovered that painting, sculpture and jewellery are all complementary art forms.

The FACE exhibition displayed some works from his latest series "Impressive People", featuring a pop-art influenced style whose subjects include some of the world's leading public figures and politicians, such as Kim Jong-un and the Dalai Lama.

Guests mingled around Koukjian's whimsical and symbolic sculptures while they tasted innovative culinary creations by American chef Jack Yoss. The chef prepared delicacies such as salmon sashimi with watermelon and coriander, surf and turf, tempura mantis shrimp with wagyu carpacio and chilli aioli, parsnip dashi with lobster and apple, tea-smoked duck with curry vinaigrette and roasted onions, and salted caramel mousse with bruleed bananas and cappuccino nibs.

With their appetites sufficiently sated, guests were invited to move into the restaurant which had been cleared to make way for live masked mannequins on raised stands, showing off beautiful jewellery items from Koukjian's DeLaCour design company. In addition to the visual and culinary artistry, guests were entertained through the medium of music.

The event was lent a special ambience by the unique setting offered by the Indigo Pearl. With a history that dates back to the tin mines of Phuket's pre-war times, the Bill Bensley-designed resort incorporates a metallic decorative theme, including original tin mine equipment such as dredges remodelled into intimate dining booths at Rivet. A highlight of the event was when hunky new Indigo Pearl brand ambassador Lee Dahlberg was introduced, bared torso gleaming as he posed on a timber swing amid swirling vapours released by dry ice.

Enthusiastic party-goers were kept company by DJs who supplied the sounds late into the night.

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