Symposium: Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery West Palm Beach
Symposium’, a group exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, explores the potential of food and eating as cultural, political, and artistic activity. In ancient Greece, a symposium was a gathering for feasting, drinking, conversation, music, dance, poetry, and entertainment – events held to mark a particular occasion, achievement, or life event. In this show, contemporary artists reimagine the symposium through the lens of their own cultures and identities. What does the modern dinner party represent today? Can it still offer a platform for serious discussion, philosophical thought, and radical exchange as well as indulgence, pleasure and transgression?