"five 1" by Haim Steinbach is a shelf installation featuring mass produced consumer objects arranged according to the artist's formal and conceptual interests. Created in the 1980s, the work exemplifies Steinbach's practice of displaying everyday commodities on custom built shelves, which elevates banal commercial goods to the status of art while simultaneously questioning notions of taste, value, and display. The work engages with appropriation strategies and institutional critique, examining how museums and galleries construct meaning through presentation and curation.