Mezzaluna - Jat Batlle
Mezzaluna
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (8 of 12)
With “Mezzaluna,” Batlle captures the refined simplicity of a modern Italian eatery — sleek, aspirational, and shaped by ritual. Named after the iconic Upper East Side restaurant, the work exudes urban elegance but complicates its surface with Batlle’s signature ruptures.
The crescent shape — mezzaluna, literally “half moon” — echoes throughout the composition: in arched gestures, cutlery outlines, and circular stains that feel both accidental and designed. Beneath it all, the bones of a curated Italian menu emerge and dissolve.
Batlle uses “Mezzaluna” to question taste as performance. It’s about curated experiences, about how dining becomes a kind of theater, and how menus — like artworks — are often more about the idea than the offering.
Mezzaluna
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (8 of 12)
With “Mezzaluna,” Batlle captures the refined simplicity of a modern Italian eatery — sleek, aspirational, and shaped by ritual. Named after the iconic Upper East Side restaurant, the work exudes urban elegance but complicates its surface with Batlle’s signature ruptures.
The crescent shape — mezzaluna, literally “half moon” — echoes throughout the composition: in arched gestures, cutlery outlines, and circular stains that feel both accidental and designed. Beneath it all, the bones of a curated Italian menu emerge and dissolve.
Batlle uses “Mezzaluna” to question taste as performance. It’s about curated experiences, about how dining becomes a kind of theater, and how menus — like artworks — are often more about the idea than the offering.
Mezzaluna
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (8 of 12)
With “Mezzaluna,” Batlle captures the refined simplicity of a modern Italian eatery — sleek, aspirational, and shaped by ritual. Named after the iconic Upper East Side restaurant, the work exudes urban elegance but complicates its surface with Batlle’s signature ruptures.
The crescent shape — mezzaluna, literally “half moon” — echoes throughout the composition: in arched gestures, cutlery outlines, and circular stains that feel both accidental and designed. Beneath it all, the bones of a curated Italian menu emerge and dissolve.
Batlle uses “Mezzaluna” to question taste as performance. It’s about curated experiences, about how dining becomes a kind of theater, and how menus — like artworks — are often more about the idea than the offering.
