Literary popart

I can’t get Shields’ idea regarding collages out of my head:

Found objects, chance creations, ready-mades (mass-produced items promoted into art objects, such as Duchamp’s “Fountain” – urinal as sculpture) abolish the separation between art and life.

I can’t find anything regarding literary popart, so I thought I would just make it up myself. If a urinal can be exhibited in a gallery why can’t a shopping list of words be published in a literary journal or book of poetry?

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1.

Neosporin
Red Bull
Aspirin
Rimmel Stay Matte

2.

Jumper cables
crackers, dry
Q-tips
flowers
Bic razors

3.

Revitalizing shampoo
veal
Latest issue of Glamour mag.

4.

I’m shot.
I told you I was ill.
I hope I haven’t bored you.
Relax – This won’t hurt.

I did end up finding the grocery list collection – a collection of found grocery lists, which has since been turned into two books. Love this idea. A few grocery lists from the site:

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