Martha Gardikas: Order Up

Martha Gardikas is a photographer who has done a series of large photographs of coffee shop tickets. Her show is called Order Up, and you can see it at the Grey Dog at 33 Carmine Street in NYC....

These photographs are much bigger than the actual guest checks, which makes them particularly arresting in person. What's the draw? The classic design of the paper forms and the rich color that Martha has drawn out of them by photographing them so closely under such bright light. And then there's the cheerful, pleading notes for the kitchen...

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Comments (9)

I thk this's cool. I'm still looking for the diner cheques that have a 50s drawing of a waitress on them. plus they usually had the decade printed too, 197_. like the 70s'd never end.

Really? So photographing coffee shop checks is now art? I don't get it.

ha. and to think I throw mine out at the end of the day. oh well, my hand writing is unreadable anyways.

Andy Warhol already did this.

Wow, lots of haters.

I've seen the photographs in Grey Dog (I eat there at last once a week) and I have to say they are much more cool then the pictures (and comments!) above are giving them credit. Sure, they are Warhol-esque, but they really fit the mood of the cafe and are interesting to look at.

Thanks for posting AT.

Also have seen the actual size and they are very cool.
If you don't get it you probably have not have seen the book of random grocery lists found and photographed, very cool book but without the texture and color these have in person.
Saw the book in an art gallery, BTW.