“Batlle’s deliberate methodology highlights two privileged pastimes: gourmet cooking and art collecting. By deconstructing recipes he creates visual poems; in referencing those canonized images from recent art history, he is offering a critical view of a consumer driven art market. These conceptually based images are seductive pictorial puzzles, rendering here is pure technique not finesse.”

Ink, sharpie, and paint on canvas with recipe on verso
96 x 78 x 2 inches / 244 x 198 x 5 cm
Photo: Kevin Noble

Ink and pencil on paper
50 x 38 inches / 127 x 97 cm
Photo: Kevin Noble

Miso Love At First Bite 2006
Ink and pencil on paper
50 x 38 inches / 127 x 97 cm
Photo: Kevin Noble

Ink, sharpie, and paint on canvas with recipe on verso
96 x 78 x 2 inches / 244 x 198 x 5 cm
Photo: Kevin Noble