Untitled (two people with wedding cake) c. 1970

Curator: C. Bennette Moore's "Untitled (two people with wedding cake)" feels like a half-remembered dream, doesn't it? Editor: It's definitely eerie! The negative format throws everything off, but I'm drawn to the texture—the dark cake and the crisp, bleached suits against what must be a backdrop of painted canvas. Curator: It’s so staged, but there's something genuinely celebratory in their faces. I wonder about the labor that went into that confection. Editor: Exactly! And who were these people? The baker and perhaps the client? Moore is framing not just a wedding, but the economy of wedding itself. Curator: And how fleeting that moment captured here is… like the cake itself, destined to be consumed and forgotten. Editor: I find I'm now very interested in the story that the baker could tell. Curator: A story of sugar, flour, dreams, and, perhaps, just a touch of melancholy.