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These six paintings were an interesting and distorted way to look at the world. Roth's other paintings in the Front Room are basically moldy food: "Chocolatewafer Picture" shows a chocolate wafer becoming soggy due to curdled milk all together in a plastic sleeve, while "Big Landscape" is just "cheese on roofing felt, encapsulated into plastic," as the sign says.

Rachel Harrison's works are just as stunning. The first thing one notices when entering the room is her sculpture, "Sunday Morning." Basically, it is a big, pink wooden box on wheels with a picture hanging from it. It steals the spotlight, but mostly because it seems out of place.

Harrison also has six works hanging on the wall that match Roth's rotting food motif. The food she photographs is paired together in some strange and slightly sickening combinations: egg and ice cream, cinnamon sugar and batter, croutons and a cinnapretzel and a pretzel and mozzarella. Since none of the "chromogenic color prints" were titled, it is difficult to articulate their purpose.

Overall, the art of these contemporary artists will make you step back and scratch your head. It is a free museum, however, so have a look. The artists have successfully transformed objects people see every day into visually intriguing works of art.

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