Stocked
Subtitle: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles
Publisher: University of Washington Press; Ulrich Art Museum; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781887883085
Subjects: Food in art; Groceries; Art, modern, 21st century, exhibitions; Art, themes, motives, etc.
Description: Stocked documents the work of contemporary artists who take the grocery store and consumption of its products as their subjects. Much of their work candidly cites 1960s pop, but these artists also use strategies culled from minimalism, performance, documentary photography, and scientific taxonomy. Keen observers and clever humorists, they prompt us to pay attention to the items we purchase, the spaces in which we buy them, the people we encounter there, the cultural norms that inform our eating and shopping, and the often overlooked effects of our habits. -- Provided by publisher.