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Javier Mayoral’s Industrial Snack Cakes is both nostalgic and satirical, a playful catalog of America’s most iconic guilty pleasures. Rendered in his signature flat, illustrative style, the painting neatly arranges snack classics - Cupcakes, Ho Hos, Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Fruit Pies, Sno Balls, Coffee Cakes, Donettes, and Zingers - each labeled with hand-painted text against a teal background. The grid-like composition mimics the clarity of an educational chart or advertising display, while the subject matter leans into kitsch and consumer culture. By elevating mass-produced treats into the realm of fine art, Mayoral critiques the intersection of indulgence, branding, and memory, while also celebrating the absurd joy of these processed icons. Industrial Snack Cakes is a humorous reminder of how deeply even the most artificial pleasures can embed themselves in collective culture.