Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles

by Emily Stamey

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887883088
• ISBN13: 9781887883085
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"