Folger coffee's motto was: “Good to the last drop,” with the intention of selling more and more coffee.
In this work, one could suggest that the flow has been interrupted or inter-ruptured. The constructed illusion of a teapot has extruded a rubber hose rather than a tasty last drop of coffee.
Think of the ersatz coffee substitute served to the prisoners in concentration camps across Europe throughout the War.
The large portion of the teapot has been painted on the brick wall, possibly the chimney. Another teapot form stands in the background with its handle in the shape of question mark standing at the ready.
A hose snakes through the detritus of destruction on the right side directing our gaze to the broken shards of the cup and saucer, as well as a broken spoon in the foreground. The waiting cup, saucer and spoon will never get the last drop as it has been siphoned off into the hose. There is a spigot that exudes a single last drop.
It is about to be included. Who will drink it? Why? Does it offer a drip of hope?
Unlikely.
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