Shopping Lists :A Consuming Fascination

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Shopping Lists

Shopping Lists :A Consuming Fascination

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4.22 (18 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 14 September, 2023
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'F****** genius!' Stanley Tucci Some years ago, Ingrid Swenson began collecting found shopping lists from the same North London Waitrose. Enlightening and funny, fascinating, and poetic, these private notes to self-detailing someone's weekly shop-rocket and antibacterial wipes, treacle and prawns, fags and milk - invite us to speculate on and imagine the private universes of their authors. They are, in effect, domestic haikus, scribbled on the back of letters and bills. Having formed the basis of an exhibition at the Art Workers' Guild in 2017, Shopping Lists documents a consuming fascination - of both Swenson's and her subjects' - providing an amusing, insightful and occasionally profound insight into the lives of ordinary Londoners.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781800818132
ISBN10 1800818130
Number Of Pages 256
Item Weight 440 g
Product Dimensions 116 x 180 x 30 mm
Publisher / Reseller Profile Books Ltd
Format hardback
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F*****g genius * Stanley Tucci *
A rare glimpse into entire, private worlds [...] It's unputdownable. I found it much more interesting than some of the novels on the current Booker shortlist. Shopping Lists provides a reminder of a world that was [...] Extraordinary. * The Spectator *
Shopping Lists is a poignant record of a dying form. * The Sunday Times *
Captures everything from the endearing [...] to the smart. * Mail on Sunday *
This is a goldmine of information, offering a humbling and humane insight into everyday life. * Buzz Magazine *

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Author's Bio

Ingrid Swenson MBE is a curator and writer. From 1998 to 2021 she was the director of acclaimed arts organisation, PEER. Previous to this she worked at other London-based arts organisations including the ICA, Serpentine, Whitechapel and The Contemporary Art Society. She has commissioned and presented the work over 150 UK-based and international artists over her long career, including Martin Creed, Raymond Pettibon, Mike Nelson, Siobhan Hapaska, Fiona Banner and more recently Jade Fadojutimi, Samson Kambalu and Lubna Chowdhary. She is passionate about communicating visual art's ability to connect people and ideas across cultures, generations, and geographies. Her celebrated book about art for young audiences, Masterpieces in Pieces, A Young Person's Guide to Taking Great Art Apart, was published summer 2022.

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