TIO BHOPAL
Imaginary flavours, sweet freaks and fashion design: human offerings
or edible mythology? This tribute to a collection of human dishes reflects our cultural contradictions: a human and culinary creation of a gastronomic universe filled with beliefs, taboos and gluttony where Modern and Tradition are meeting together.
Recipes tell a story, makes us dive into emotional personal mythologies.
However, behind this culinary pretext and one’s personal interpretations, these pictures are full of innuendos about gender stereotypes, identity, the food crisis and the richness of mix cultures. Behind these messages the anxieties of a queasy society can well be hidden. Flavours make you travel, and travelling is also an important part of Enora’s work.
Her exhibitions are always a mix of cultures, colors, patterns and food has been her preferred material for 10 years. She has held international art residencies through the Institut Français and Alliance Française network (New Delhi (India) 2015, Bandung (Indonesia) 2017, Cartagena (Colombia 2017), where the body and gastronomy intertwine in living sweet and sour pictures. She also created Hanging Buffets for festivals and openings ; edible food installations where the public is a part of the happening. The exhibition Food Mythology is a mix of severals series created in
different country and Alliance Française of Bhopal invite the artist for a new collection of Indian Portraits with local food, exhibited in March 2020.
Enora Lalet is a visual food artist born in France in 1986. After a Master of Arts and a degree in Anthropology, she exhibited her culinary portraits for the first time in Bordeaux (France) in 2010, introducing her series of cooked pictures, Cooking Faces
A solo show exhibition of 14 ‘Cooked Portraits’. A mix of several series from Colombia, Indonesia and France…
– ARTIST INFORMATION –
The French artist Enora Lalet will be in Bhopal for nearly 6 weeks for several artistic projects. From February to mid-March 2020. At first, the journey of Enora will coincide with the launch of the exhibition FOOD MYTHOLOGY, in Bhopal. An exhibition that will show the various works conducted by the artist, in recent years. The heart of Enora’s work on this project is making real portraits, dressing people by using elements of their gastronomy.
Beyond this exhibition and until mid-march, the artist will also produce a series of original portraits on the theme of Indian cuisine during an artistic residency in Bhopal. The series of photos / “cooked portraits”, printed in large formats (banners / collages …) will be displayed in Bhopal for a second round exhibition !
– OPENING CEREMONY –
Friday 07th FEB – 6.30PM – Alliance Française de Bhopal
B-75, Shahpura B Sector, Next to amaltas Complex.
Exhibition from the 07/02 until the 19/02.
