Hustle, Series 2, who did the dog paintings?

April 26, 2007 9:53 AM

In the BBC show Hustle, series 2, the gang stays at a hotel in London decorated with huge dog portraits. They're straight on, un-ironic portraits of dog faces. They're fabulous. Does anyone know who painted them?
posted by OmieWise to media & arts (10 comments total)

Can you remember which episode it was?
posted by chrismear at 10:51 AM on April 26, 2007

That would probably be the Sanderson, an Ian Schrager hotel designed by Philippe Starck. I don't know who created the dog portraits, though.
posted by deadfather at 10:53 AM on April 26, 2007

This is not an answer, but has the best image I could find.
posted by roger ackroyd at 10:55 AM on April 26, 2007

Better. Still not great. I feel flickr is failing me.
posted by roger ackroyd at 10:58 AM on April 26, 2007

Has anyone thought to call the Sanderson hotel, or, for that matter, Kudos, the company that produces Hustle. You might be able to contact the production designer.
posted by parmanparman at 11:07 AM on April 26, 2007

The number for the production company is here
posted by parmanparman at 11:10 AM on April 26, 2007

Those are the paintings, although the hotel isn't called the Sanderson in the series. (They stay there all season.) Not having much luck with Google on the painter, though, I might have to call the hotel.
posted by OmieWise at 11:14 AM on April 26, 2007

parmanparman, the dog portraits predate the show, so the production designer is not likely to know. The hotel or Starck himself (read: whichever intern answers e-mail) is a better lead.
posted by deadfather at 11:45 AM on April 26, 2007

It's indeed the Sanderson (I stay there when in London). You can see some of the portraits in the hotel's visual tour; particularly the VRML of the Long Bar (which roger ackroyd's links depict).

As deadfather suggests, contact Starck's company. His PR folks might be of help in getting an answer for you - [e-mail] or Morgans Hotel Group (which Schrager founded) which owns the Sanderson. The paintings are resident on the property and the production company may not even have a clue as to their provenance.

You can contact the Sanderson and Morgans Hotel Group here (e-mail and telephone).
posted by ericb at 2:44 PM on April 26, 2007

OmieWise, please post an update when you find out. I need to know now too.
posted by acorncup at 6:02 PM on April 26, 2007