This article talks of a stir that happened over in Europe when one of the finest chefs Ferran Adria was invited to one of the most influential art Jamborees ( Graham Keeley). This chef, whose restaurant is in Spain, was just named the number one in the world was invited to this prestigious festival, but was met with a good amount of opposition from none other than his own countries art community. The Spanish art community said that Adria’s invite to this art festival is a “banalisation of art”. One Jose de la Sota wrote in the daily EL Pais (Spanish news paper) “Adria is not Picasso. Picasso did not know how to cook but he was better than Adria at art. What is art now? Is it something or nothing? (This paragraph is mainly taken from Graham Keeley).”
"True, I am no Picasso, but what is art in times like these? Many people act as if I should apologize for participating. I am not going to” Adria.
Adria is in a tough position because he cannot just come out and say whatever he wants and risk upsetting others in the art community. The position that he should take is the position that Elizabeth Telfare ends up taking and that is that art is a minor art. I would have to agree with Telfare that cooking food is a minor art in the fact that it lacks one of the greatest things that makes art a ‘work of art’. That great thing is contemplation. None perishable art has the ability to appeal to masses and generations. Food art really does lack in this area. Telfare also makes a good point when talking about how recipes have the ability to stand the test of time but there are so many variables that go into cooking that cannot be controlling on cooking a recipe.
Jose from the first paragraph was a little over the top in his critiques of Adria in my opinion. I’m guessing that Adria knows that he is no Picasso. And the true is that the Jose is comparing apples and oranges in that fact that you can judge a Picasso painting along the same lines as a plate of food.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2548749.ece
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I just think it is ridiculous for people (notably the art community invited to this prestigious event)to try and define art and what constitutes art because in doing this they are neglected the very essence of art. The fact that it is versatile and a product of a person's motives, desires, senses and other feelings. Food is just this. It is art to me in every way possible (excluding fast food that is)because a person puts ingredients of varying taste, texture, smell and color together to achieve a certain end product, thus eliciting various emotions for both the "artist-cook" but the consumer or onlooker as well. This is art just as much as a Picasso Painting, so I disagree with the author of this bogus article. Why don't artists just leave well enough alone and focus their attention or their art and quit trying to pas judgment on various other people who firmly believe what they're creating in the kitchen is indeed art.
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