14 Works Of Edible Modern Art

A brief art education for the uncultured swine. DIY instructions for many of the below found here!

Piet Mondrian.

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b. 1872, d. 1944

Cake and ganache.

Known for precisely placed blocks of primary color along a grid.

Roy Lichtenstein.

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b. 1923, d. 1997

Cake and icing.

Meshed highbrow with lowbrow in his pop art works.

Wayne Thiebaud.

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b. 1920

Cake and buttercream.

Painted lovely arrangements of buttercream party cakes.

Robert Mapplethorpe.

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b. 1946, d. 1989

Banana and chocolate.

Known for provocative photography with strong homoerotic themes.

Jackson Pollock.

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b. 1912, d. 1956

Cake and icing.

Abstract expressionist known for a unique painting technique.

Jeff Koons.

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b. 1955

Hot chocolate.

Sells reproductions of ordinary objects for outrageous sums of money.

Richard Avedon.

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b. 1923, d. 2004

Chocolate.

Famed portrait photographer. Once captured the naked torso of a beekeeper, covered in bees.

Mark Rothko.

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b. 1903, d. 1970

Toast and jams.

Abstract painter known for moody and energetic rectangular forms on canvas.

Donald Judd.

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b. 1928, d. 1994

Soup and cracker.

Sculptor, painter, and writer associated with minimalism.

Damien Hirst.

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b. 1965

Cake and ganache.

Part of the "Young British Artists" group of the 1990s and known for incorporating themes of death.

Ellsworth Kelly.

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b. 1933

Chocolate fudge.

Minimalist known for sharp edges and bold color.

Josef Albers.

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b. 1888, d. 1976

Cheese and crackers.

Student of the Bauhaus who became an influential member of the art education community.

Tony Cragg.

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b. 1949

Ice cream.

Sculptor who incorporates found objects into his work.

John Zurier.

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b. 1956

Sorbet.

Minimalist painter known for plays with color.