12/21/2004: Bread sculpture - Page 2

Sperlock · 12-21-2004, 09:42 PM

It probably cost him a lot of dough to make.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-21-2004, 10:12 PM

Art? Gormley eats it.

wolf · 12-22-2004, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

This guy has nothing on Janine Antoni: http://www.artnet.com/magazine/news/...ews11-14-8.asp

I suppose that what makes that qualify as art is that she didn't eat the whole block of chocolate.

The title says "gnawed", which does imply that it was not actually eaten.

I wonder if there is a second installation called "spat".

I didn't read through her stuff enough to see if there were any photographs of the artist, but if she's typical of the art-y set, she's anorexic, so even if she did actually eat the chocolate, I expected she puked it up later.

Cyber Wolf · 12-22-2004, 07:07 AM

And that chocolate lump has a $22,000 price on it. That better be the GOOD chocolate and not a remelted chunk of miscellaneous Hershey's.

I want to see an art exhibit done with soup. Not the soup cans, but the soup itself. Call it "Hearty".

jinx · 12-22-2004, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I didn't read through her stuff enough to see if there were any photographs of the artist, but if she's typical of the art-y set, she's anorexic, so even if she did actually eat the chocolate, I expected she puked it up later.

Here she is...

LabRat · 12-22-2004, 09:25 AM

the chocolate lump might be cool if it actually looked like something... an animal or flower, or ass (where it all ends up eventually anyway

)

jinx · 12-22-2004, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

the chocolate lump might be cool if it actually looked like something... an animal or flower, or ass (where it all ends up eventually anyway

)

http://www.artcritical.com/DavidCohen/SUN17.htm

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Ms. Antoni's classic piece in this genre, "Gnaw" (1992), entailed performances in which she would chew away a gargantuan block of chocolate to reveal a (pre-prepared) statue of herself or, in corresponding fashion, model herself out of soap. Her aesthetic has always entailed an element of the endurance test. To witness, or know about, the physical suffering or tedium to which the maker has subjected herself became integral to the appreciation of the work.

The problem is that if you just chance upon the humdrum academic statue of a young woman in brown material without knowing (a) that it's chocolate and (b) that a suffering, post-feminist, shaman chocoholic body artist ruined her teeth to sculpt it for you, you may think it's just an academic statue.

milkfish · 03-25-2006, 10:31 AM

Boring! He should have used caviar. Or Velveeta. Now that would have been Art.

Trilby · 03-25-2006, 02:28 PM

Another sign of the impending, unavoidable Apocalypse: Someone just used 'Velveeta' and 'Art' in proximity. Wake up, America!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2006, 04:53 PM

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impending, unavoidable Apocalypse

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Wake up, America

Wake up and what, party? If it's unavoidable, i.e. you can't prevent it, then why worry about it? Go with the flow.

Kagen4o4 · 03-25-2006, 05:04 PM

hmmm. youve all gone from some guy eating too much bed to the apocalypse. im tired, im going back to bread

milkfish · 03-25-2006, 09:01 PM

Of course Velveeta is Art. It is a radical statement about the commodification of food, made to resemble actual food. Che could have told you that.

12-21-2004, 09:42 PM	#16
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	It probably cost him a lot of dough to make. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

12-21-2004, 10:12 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Art? Gormley eats it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-22-2004, 07:07 AM	#19
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	And that chocolate lump has a $22,000 price on it. That better be the GOOD chocolate and not a remelted chunk of miscellaneous Hershey's. I want to see an art exhibit done with soup. Not the soup cans, but the soup itself. Call it "Hearty". __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

12-22-2004, 09:25 AM	#21
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	the chocolate lump might be cool if it actually looked like something... an animal or flower, or ass (where it all ends up eventually anyway ) __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-25-2006, 02:28 PM	#24
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Another sign of the impending, unavoidable Apocalypse: Someone just used 'Velveeta' and 'Art' in proximity. Wake up, America! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-25-2006, 10:31 AM	#23
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Boring! He should have used caviar. Or Velveeta. Now that would have been Art.

03-25-2006, 04:53 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HTML Code: impending, unavoidable Apocalypse HTML Code: Wake up, America Wake up and what, party? If it's unavoidable, i.e. you can't prevent it, then why worry about it? Go with the flow. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-25-2006, 05:04 PM	#26
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	hmmm. youve all gone from some guy eating too much bed to the apocalypse. im tired, im going back to bread __________________ something we both can enjoy??

03-25-2006, 09:01 PM	#27
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Of course Velveeta is Art. It is a radical statement about the commodification of food, made to resemble actual food. Che could have told you that.

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