“Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”
-Wallace Stevens
“Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots.
Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service—two dishes, but to one table. That’s the end.” -
Hamlet, Act 4, scene 3
Cindy Rucker Gallery is pleased to present The Emperor of Ice Cream, featuring works by Adam Hayes, Matt Kleberg, Markus Linnenbrink and Don Porcella. Inspired by the early 20th century poem by Wallace Stevens, this exhibition explores the juxtapositions between the …