Samsung, Rele Gallery partner for unique exhibition on art, food
Samsung
Electronics West Africa and contemporary art space, Rele Gallery have
come together to present what is regarded as an unprecedented culinary
art and photography exhibition as well as online competition, with the
theme: ‘What’s Cooking?’
The exhibition,
which featured the works of two prominent photographers, Kelechi
Amadi-Obi and Ade Asiko Okelarin, who drew inspiration from Nigerian
cuisine created by three leading chefs, Tiyan Alile, Ozoz Sokoh (Kitchen
Butterfly) and Dunni Obata (Dooney’s Kitchen) as far as the show was
concerned. Part of the initiative is that the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
Smartphone was used to capture all the photographs showcased at the
exhibition.
The exhibition
was preceded by an online culinary art contest which attracted over 300
entries from across the country and produced three winners who were
announced at a private viewing event to mark the beginning of the
four-week exhibition at the gallery in Lagos. The Food Art competition
engaged talented Nigerians from all over the country trying their hands
at culinary artistry by creating an original work of art using real
food in line with the exhibition theme.
At the event,
which took place at Rele Gallery, Onikan, Lagos, Paul Lee, managing
director of Samsung Electronics West Africa said: “Technology and art
have had an unfamiliar relationship over the years with many people
wondering what the nature of this relationship is. Art and technology
derive strength and inspiration from one another. Hosting a competition
among chefs is logical as cooking is also a form of art. With this
novelty, Samsung is rebooting the relationship between art and
technology by being a part of exhibitions and initiatives that will
foster new collaborations across both disciplines and industries.”
According to him,
what drives art and technology are similar and such a convergence of
the two worlds, deemed as parallel by many but nothing as such upon a
more careful consideration, is not just ideal but imperative once in a
while.
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