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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