Saltine Grid
Artist
Roger Jones
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions20 x 20 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
This rendering of saltine crackers is a cross between a traditional still life and a Pop Art image. While it is not quite splashy and commercial enough to qualify as pure Pop, it's not somber and stodgy enough to pass as a traditional nature morte either. In any event the artist does achieve one of the goals of both approaches: he has drawn our attention to and consideration of these ephemeral objects by carefully arranging them for our inspection with care and a bit of deadpan humor.
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