We had a blast Friday night celebrating the unveiling of a new indoor mural by street artist Gaia at Pinea, the new(ish) restaurant that replaced J&G Steakhouse at the luxury hotel W Washington D.C. To go along Chef Barry Koslow’s southern Mediterranean menu, the mural was inspired by a sculpture of Cesar Augustus and also features birds, a leitmotiv in Gaia’s work.
Street Artist Gaia discusses his art intervention and mural for Pinea at the W hotel in DC
I personally love the mural and thinks it not only livens up Pinea’s dining room but also really works with what I expect a restaurant at a W Hotel to look like. Wondering where you may have seen Gaia’s works before? The 27 years old Baltimore-based street artist has a couple of murals throughout the city. He was one of 3 street artists featured in Forbes Magazine recently as one of 30 under 30 in the Arts and Style category (the other two were Tatyana Fazlalizadeh and Portugal-based Vhils.)
Rooster Mural at Smith Commons on H St, Washington DC, 2012. Picture courtesy of Gaia.
Three Stages of 1817 Benning Rd, Washington DC, 2013. Image courtesy of Gaia.
Overfishing, 8th St SE, Washington DC, 2013. Image courtesy of Gaia.
If you haven’t had a chance to try Pinea, the new restaurant at the W Hotel, you now have a great excuse to! Or you can just swing by the dining on your way to Root Cellar, the hotel’s new whiskey bar which is directly underneath the dining room.
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