EAT Mondrian

Background

Food, just like art is often used as a medium to bring communities together. Dutch artist Piet Mondrian was one of the leaders of the modern abstract movement. He was also a major advocate of the Dutch abstract art movement known as De Stijl (“The Style”). He used primary colours, basic shapes and simple lines to create an easy-to-understand, ‘universal’ means of communication; that crossed lingual barriers in a post-war world. Mondrian wanted his art to bring the recovering populations together. We analysed and interpreted Mondrian’s art philosophy to extract powerful messages. EAT Mondrian is an art inspired sit-down eating experience; that encourages deep reflection and personal interpretation.

Mondrian […] advocated pure abstraction and a pared down palette in order to express a utopian ideal of universal harmony in all of the arts. By using basic forms and colours, Mondrian believed that his vision of modern art would transcend divisions in culture and become a new common language…

We deconstruct Mondrian’s art philosophy into courses of a meal as follows:

Colour – red, blue, yellow, black and white. By carefully considering tableware and ingredients, we create vibrant food for this part of the eating experience.
Composition – the grid. We carefully compose this course in grids that reflect the artists’ artwork.
Contrast – between shapes and colours. We explore different textures and pair unusual flavours for this course.
Interpretation – integral to any ‘good’ piece of art. An unusual surprise confuses our guests.
Congregation – coming together. We encourage you to share food, just like art.

Originally for charity, we display the Mondrian artwork created by the underprivileged children of the Saturday Art Class Program. See sample menu here.