Begüm Canel, “Mystery in the kitchen and rooms” Exhibition @GaleriEksen | 28.05 – 10.06 | 2016
Tonight I am invited to a very special diner hosted by Begüm Canel, an artist from Istanbul.
Welcome to her mysterious kitchen paintings exhibition…
Some kitchens create Art… And some kitchens become Art.
Begüm Canel
Begüm Canel, an artist from Istanbul, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
A predestigned virtual meeting. It is thanks to luck and technology that Begüm watched “Precut Girl“, the film in which I played.
She is inspired by strong images of the film, she will integrate to her work. She invited me into her kitchen and in her exhibition project without knowing my link Culinare. I’m too proud to have my portrait exhibited with her paintings.
I found analogies with Bengüm’s work and “Alice in Wonderland“and “Through the Looking-Glass“by Lewis Carroll which I love so much.
Hidden spaces, mysterious characters, secret symbols …
The chef, the only character in the paintings.
A reflection on the kitchen as a space of exchanges, talks, parties but also darker moments of life.
In the paintings of Begüm, the kitchen is both warm and cold, the walls seem embodied by strange spirits, between reality and dream …
In the paintings of Begüm, the kitchen is both warm and cold, the walls seem embodied by strange spirits, between reality and dream …
The space as witnesses of the past and of experienced emotions.
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A strange dinner, cold, almost like a laboratory tasting. A fantastic atmosphere like out of a scene from a Kubrick film.