Event Title
Art and Restaurants
Location
Diamond 146
Start Date
30-4-2015 2:50 PM
End Date
30-4-2015 3:25 PM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
Unfortunately, food and drink are universally prohibited at all major museums and galleries for risk of damaging the objects exhibited. However, restaurants turned into gallery spaces now offer an exciting new approach to the dining experience. For instance, one of Damien Hirsts iconic cows in formaldehyde looms over diners at Tramshed, a hip chicken and steak restaurant in East London. Creating a desirable restaurant culture requires artistic decisions from food presentation to interior design and it is therefore not surprising that successful restaurateurs share an interest in both food and art. For example, Zhang Lan, who runs the South Beauty Group chain of upscale restaurants throughout China, is a collector known for her bold investments in modern and contemporary art. Lan utilizes art to elevate the status of her restaurants and to challenge misconceptions about traditional Chinese food. Even Larry Gagosian, a major art dealer based in New York, recently opened a sushi restaurant below his flagship Upper East Side gallery. A closer look at these art-collecting restaurateurs and their restaurants will elucidate the implications of an increasing intermingling of contemporary cutting-edge art galleries and trendy restaurants.
Faculty Sponsor
Veronique Plesch
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Art Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
959
Art and Restaurants
Diamond 146
Unfortunately, food and drink are universally prohibited at all major museums and galleries for risk of damaging the objects exhibited. However, restaurants turned into gallery spaces now offer an exciting new approach to the dining experience. For instance, one of Damien Hirsts iconic cows in formaldehyde looms over diners at Tramshed, a hip chicken and steak restaurant in East London. Creating a desirable restaurant culture requires artistic decisions from food presentation to interior design and it is therefore not surprising that successful restaurateurs share an interest in both food and art. For example, Zhang Lan, who runs the South Beauty Group chain of upscale restaurants throughout China, is a collector known for her bold investments in modern and contemporary art. Lan utilizes art to elevate the status of her restaurants and to challenge misconceptions about traditional Chinese food. Even Larry Gagosian, a major art dealer based in New York, recently opened a sushi restaurant below his flagship Upper East Side gallery. A closer look at these art-collecting restaurateurs and their restaurants will elucidate the implications of an increasing intermingling of contemporary cutting-edge art galleries and trendy restaurants.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/227