The paint can is clearly more fluxy than arty its post-artistic, modernistic, constructive, industrial. It is an object in its own right and that's what's great about it. It is not a campbell's soup can but it could be a soup kitchen can. And I hope the can is heavily loaded by the time we get finished with it.(gal. can and they did have gallon cans at the container store) If fuxxus is anything it is utterly obvious, mundane, common place and certainly 1 gal paint cans are the same. cecil
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