The Modern - Jat Batlle
The Modern
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (11 of 12)
“The Modern” is sleek, angular, and composed — much like the MoMA-adjacent restaurant it draws from. Batlle’s minimalist gestures frame a highly designed dining experience, where the art is on the plate and the table is the gallery.
The menu itself is reduced, almost clinical, with clean lines and restrained type. But Batlle disrupts that serenity with bold interventions: color blocks, ink drips, and graphite scrawls. He creates friction — between the desire for control and the inevitability of chaos.
This piece speaks to the intersection of high art and high dining. It asks us to consider: What’s curated, and what’s consumed? “The Modern” is a meditation on taste — both aesthetic and literal — in an age of experience as currency.
The Modern
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (11 of 12)
“The Modern” is sleek, angular, and composed — much like the MoMA-adjacent restaurant it draws from. Batlle’s minimalist gestures frame a highly designed dining experience, where the art is on the plate and the table is the gallery.
The menu itself is reduced, almost clinical, with clean lines and restrained type. But Batlle disrupts that serenity with bold interventions: color blocks, ink drips, and graphite scrawls. He creates friction — between the desire for control and the inevitability of chaos.
This piece speaks to the intersection of high art and high dining. It asks us to consider: What’s curated, and what’s consumed? “The Modern” is a meditation on taste — both aesthetic and literal — in an age of experience as currency.
The Modern
From the Selection of Menus: RSVP, VIP, RIP portfolio (11 of 12)
“The Modern” is sleek, angular, and composed — much like the MoMA-adjacent restaurant it draws from. Batlle’s minimalist gestures frame a highly designed dining experience, where the art is on the plate and the table is the gallery.
The menu itself is reduced, almost clinical, with clean lines and restrained type. But Batlle disrupts that serenity with bold interventions: color blocks, ink drips, and graphite scrawls. He creates friction — between the desire for control and the inevitability of chaos.
This piece speaks to the intersection of high art and high dining. It asks us to consider: What’s curated, and what’s consumed? “The Modern” is a meditation on taste — both aesthetic and literal — in an age of experience as currency.
