LUAP’s Decadence Series Lands in Knightsbridge at Mint Shop

LUAP’s artwork has been hanging around Knightsbridge lately — quite literally. His Decadence series recently took up residence at the iconic Mint Shop, where contemporary design and cutting-edge creativity collide.

It’s been a busy stretch. Over the past few months, Decadence has appeared across Exhibition Road in South Kensington, travelled to the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair, and now landed at Mint in the heart of one of London’s most design-conscious neighbourhoods. The work — a bold exploration of beauty, excess and collapse — features wallpaper as both medium and message, reframing a familiar interior form into something conceptually charged.

At Mint, the wallpaper formed a striking backdrop to high-end furniture, creating a dialogue between functional design and abstract art. It was perhaps the most rewarding setting yet — not just aesthetically, but symbolically. Wallpaper, after all, was made for spaces like this. To see it re-enter that world, transformed through LUAP’s lens, is to watch it return home — only now with layered meaning and narrative weight.

Each venue has brought something different. At the gallery, the series was crisp and minimal. At the fair, surrounded by the buzz of commerce and commentary, it took on a raw energy. But at Mint, it became something else entirely — an immersive experience that reminded viewers of the quiet power of context.

For LUAP, it’s a full-circle moment. And just maybe, the start of something new.