Room 11
More of the century, edible. Same can, everybody.
1900
It is the same bar it was before anyone was born and it comes in a box of thirty six identical ones. I like a candy that shows...
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1940s
I bought cookie jars my whole life and never put a cookie in one. The jar is the object, the cookie is just the excuse. It is a...
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1936
They make the same plate in every loud color so the table becomes a chart. I would buy one of each and never match them, that is the...
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1868
The bottle is tiny and the label has not changed and that is the point. It sits by the salt looking like it was always there. I collect...
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1904
It is the loudest yellow on the table and it never tries. Ketchup gets all the attention and the mustard just waits next to it being that color....
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1931
Everyone owns it and nobody reads all of it and that is very honest. It is a portrait of American food with no pictures, just the same recipes...
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1912
It is a black disc with white in the middle and the same face on every one. You could stack a thousand and they would all agree. I...
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1906
The rooster on the front is more reliable than most people I know. It is the same flake in the same box every morning and I find that...
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1924
They put a famous person on the box and then you eat under them. It is the most democratic portrait there is, it comes with the groceries. I...
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1934
I painted the tomato but I ate the chicken noodle. It is the same red and white label doing the same quiet work on a shelf. A can...
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1960s
Every can is yellow and every can is corn and no can is a surprise. That is the whole appeal. I like a vegetable that has already decided...
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1950
The glass makes the color look serious even when it is only sugar. I line the bottles up and they are already a painting before anyone opens one....
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