The original concept of the Consumer Condensed series was to examine the language that we use to describe, categorize, label, and measure people with developmental disabilities, and how a thought process rooted in that language affects people with disabilities and our relationships with them. The series provided a rare reflective point of view; offering the artists’ insight as to how she and her peers believe that they are perceived by others. These perceptions are simplified into one-word labels placed underneath the title “Consumer”; the current word of choice through much of California’s service system to refer to someone with a developmental disability.

While Warhol’s iconic soup cans have been repurposed by many, GL.Raconteur/Gabby Ledesma was able to procure the permission and copyright from both Campbell’s Soup and the United States Copyright Office to produce this concept; giving her the sole right to the Consumer Condensed series. Her 32 silkscreen installation has been shown at California Museum in Sacramento and Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland.