EXHIBITION

Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles

Polk/Wilson galleries, 01/19/2014 - 04/14/2014

ABOUT

Campbell's. Coca-Cola. Del Monte. Kellogg's. In the late 1950s and 1960s, these food conglomerates became household names as America witnessed a revolution in the production, retail, and consumption of grocery items. More and more, it was not raw ingredients one purchased, but packaged and processed foods that were chosen according to their labels and one’s perception of the brands they represented.

Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles presents the work of contemporary artists who, directly and indirectly, take the grocery store and consumption of its products as their subjects. Using a variety of styles and media, they keenly and cleverly investigate not only the grocery items we purchase, but also the physical and psychological environments in which we shop, the individuals and social frameworks we encounter there, and the cultural norms that inform our habits of consumption.

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