Experience the work of the French impressionist painter in a one-of-a-kind floral display multi-sensory experience
Brought to you by Gardens by the Bay
From July 12, 2024, Gardens by the Bay Singapore debuts a fresh exhibition in a different style at its Flower Dome.
Visitors to Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome will get to experience a first-of-its-kind exhibition that seamlessly combines multi-sensory immersion and the beauty of nature with the Impressions of Monet exhibition.
Centred on the art, life and gardens of the master Impressionist painter, Claude Monet (1840 – 1926), visitors to the Flower Dome can experience two distinct but complementary aspects of the exhibition in one location: Impressions of Monet: The Garden and Impressions of Monet: The Experience.
Impressions of Monet: The Garden is a floral display that recreates the landscapes of the renowned gardens of Monet’s home in Giverny in Normandy, France. Monet’s house is the second most visited tourist attraction in the region.
Inside the Flower Dome, visitors will encounter a recreation of Monet’s iconic pink house and the picturesque scenes of the adjoining garden, Clos Normand and Water Garden. Plants similiar to those in the original gardens, such as hydrangeas, weeping willows, digitalis, daisies, delphiniums and geraniums will be featured.
A highlight of the exhibit is the recreation of the unusual green arched Japanese footbridge that Monet was particularly proud of, and the water lilies that will be featured in the floral display for the first time. These beautiful flowering plants are the eponymous subject of one of his most renowned works, the Water Lilies series.
Complementing the floral extravaganza is Impressions of Monet: The Experience, a multi-sensory immersive experience that celebrates the works and life of Monet and his contemporaries.
As visitors cross into the front façade of Monet’s house, they are enveloped in the sights and sounds of 19th-century Europe as imagined by Monet and his Impressionist contemporaries.
Breathtaking paintings will be projected on an enormous scale, illuminating the bold brushstrokes of Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas and many more. In a rich, dynamic display of light, colour, sound and fragrance, the masterpieces of the Impressionists will come to life.
Visitors also have the chance to examine the Impressionists’ sources of inspiration via photographs and videos displayed alongside their works.
Impressions of Monet will run from July 12 to September 17, 2024. Visit www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/monet for more information.
