The Dadaist Tower of Sandwiches

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A surreal, abstract tower resembling a giant, whimsical sandwich or stacked kebab, layered with twisting forms of red, white, and yellow. Topped with a cheerful, smiling face, the playful composition blends food imagery with a Dadaist sense of humor. A vibrant background of pink, blue, and yellow enhances its dreamlike energy.

Artistic Statement: This piece humorously transforms everyday food into surreal, towering art, "Small things in a big whole", Inspired by Dadaism’s irreverence, Bacon’s distorted realism, and Giacometti’s verticality, it deconstructs the mundane, reassembling it into an absurd visual feast. The layered “sandwich” imagery, crowned with a surreal smiling face, juxtaposes childlike whimsy with abstraction.

Influencing Artists:
Giacometti: The tall, skeletal verticality of the structure reflects Giacometti's influence.
Bacon: The stacked organic shapes take on a distorted and exaggerated form.
Joan Miró: The whimsical, playful face introduces a surreal simplicity that feels dreamlike.
Jean Arp: Biomorphic abstraction influences the fluid shapes in the “layers.”
Claes Oldenburg: His playful food sculptures directly parallel the absurd, oversized “kebab” form.

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