Modern Art Sandwiches: Mondrian, Pollock And More (PHOTOS)

If you google "sandwich art," tons of images of expertly-designed sandwiches appear -- everything from a Spongebob Squarehead sandwich to Hello Kitty in bread form. Artist Brittany Powell interpreted "sandwich art" literally; she replicated famous artists' styles by using a slice of bread and some common sandwich ingredients. Powell and former classmate Tae Kitakata started Low-Commitment Projects at the beginning of 2012 -- each Monday they publish a new post on their blog. Here's how they describe their low-commitment venture:

Low-Commitment Projects provides us a chance to share concepts and schemes without a huge outlay of time, energy, or money. These ventures are like the materialization of mental sketches; there's minimal risk because they're quick.

"Sandwich Artist" is one of these projects. It's edible art, literally.

All photos used with permission from Brittany Powell.

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• Piet Mondrian

• Damien Hirst

• Jasper Johns

• Gustav Klimt

• Georgia O'Keefe

• Marcel Duchamp

• Jackson Pollock

• Mark Rothko

• Christo & Jeanne-Claude

[Via Laughing Squid]

Comments

[basit javed]

03:49 PM on 02/17/2012

Is this a sandwich or a pastry but looking really delicious, can you offer me in dinner tonight. just kidding after the creativeness no one would like to eat this.
Please view some good designs at http://www.namshi.com

[Sally Jones]

06:37 PM on 01/28/2012

cool but better use of negative space would probably make for yummier sandwiches

[ash11111]

11:41 AM on 01/26/2012

pretty cool...

[thepill]

01:12 PM on 01/25/2012

I would have done Foucault and just wrote on the plate ... Ce n'est pas un sandwich.

Then I could have a sandwich I'd actually like to eat.

[a h1]

12:16 AM on 01/24/2012

Lovely and clever! Please correct the misspelling of Pollock's name...the author should know...it is an article about modern art!

[Conquering Thor]

09:05 AM on 01/23/2012

You DARE call those disasters 'sandwiches'? I would refer to them as culinary calamities! Now who is in the mood for some chopped liver éclairs?

[fishnetdiver]

04:02 AM on 01/23/2012

fun!

[konspikuous]

01:02 AM on 01/23/2012

Ahh...that's stoners for ya.

[BuckyJamesDio]

01:20 PM on 01/22/2012

Liked the Christo - pretty much sums up what is considered art. The Pollock makes me want to send it back and ask for something not prepared by someone with the Consumption.

[Halsey]

10:21 AM on 01/22/2012

Too easy; the Mondrian is, hands down, the best. Pollack was not right; not nearly enough chaos.
I'll add that O'Keefe's..should have had a spot of turqoise allowing how difficult it would be to get a cow skull on a sammy.
I wonder if these young enterpreneurs have EVER seen the tomato soup can of Warhol(sp?). Can you imagine what the original is worth? Bolivia basically.

anyway..fun stuff and since Wonderbread filed for bankruptsy..hey...and whole new use for white break as canvas :-)

I must make a grilled cheese and get Jesus's image on it..

[Damon Lazer]

04:39 PM on 01/23/2012

An excellent use of bread as canvas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkYfB1C0Zgc

[giono]

09:49 AM on 01/22/2012

very nice .... Someone should open a sandwich shop with these on the menu

[rich3324]

09:38 AM on 01/22/2012

Now that funny.

[sacmom3]

09:52 PM on 01/21/2012

Love it.

[La Elle]

12:09 PM on 01/21/2012

I never understood why so many people like the Mondrian style art. Personally, I find it boring and uninspiring. To each their own, I suppose.

[Halsey]

10:24 AM on 01/22/2012

D'accord. Rectangles, and squares with a smatter of colored lines. Yet, I do NOT know his early work. I know Picasso changed 180 degrees when he entered cubism. Maybe I'll g**gle Mondrian and see if he did the same thing for 60 years or IF he had another "period", that I might find more interesting. Hey La Elle.. I'll get back to you later..okay..maybe with a link...caveat, if he never changed I will NOT return to comment. Fair?

[An Independent Woman]

03:59 PM on 01/23/2012

Love the clean graphics.. the color blocking. I'm always energized with I look at a Mondrian. But, to each his own. Damien Hirst? My niece does better work... really.

[Halsey]

11:00 AM on 01/22/2012

La Elle..I just (30 min. after my reply below)..viewed on-line Piet Mondian's earlier works. The landscapes and beautiful (nothing mathematical or geometric)..a quote: .."He focused on a few select subjects: simple farmyard scenes, cow studies, and studies of the long, low, steep-roofed farmhouses characteristic of the region.4 These remarkable oil sketches and watercolors bring out the formal structure of their subjects, rather than their anecdotal or picturesque possibilities. The farmyard views are spare in incident, and are placed in a close, frontal relationship to the viewer. Also, find Moulin Au Soleil, 1908..B E A utiful.

cheers
wind feather

[La Elle]

11:50 AM on 01/22/2012

I will have to check them out. Personally, I'm a big fan of Art Nouveau and early cubism. Tamara de Lempicka's Femme a Guitare is one of my favorites!

[Jennifer Kley]

06:04 PM on 01/20/2012

So cool. I could sit down and do some of these myself. So crafty. I'm a tad hungry.

http://thecubiclerebel.wordpress.com/

[La Elle]

12:12 PM on 01/21/2012

I'm eating a cucumber,dill, feta and cream cheese sandwich on toasted french bread.....yummy! Want some?

[Halsey]

10:27 AM on 01/22/2012

JEEZ!..freeze dry it and friggin sell it! I'm on YOUR side :-)

dill avec crema du goat et crema cream on pan frite :-)

havin' some fun here..or..aqui