“You put in your mouth and you suck on someone else’s body, and in this way my work becomes part of so many other people’s body….”

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

This conceptual installation is completed when the visitor takes a candy and puts it in their mouth (the candies are constantly being replenished to maintain the weight indicated by the artist). This fascinating interactive portrait, and others by Gonzalez-Torres, with the same theme, evoke memory and loss: we eat candy that is somewhat sweet but then disintegrates.

Untitled (Portrait of Dad), by Felix Gonzalez -Torres (1991) 

Materials: white mint candies. Endless supply

Ideal weight: 175 pounds / Dimensions vary with installation