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130 pounds of sweet, sweet goodness from greg.org

It seems like the "cool" apartment decorating fad these days is have 130 pounds of candy in the corner. But since Gothamist is a novice, we'll start out small, with about 30 pounds. And schedule weekly teeth cleanings.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on January 15, 2004 6:06 PM

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anthony

i'm just glad greg tagged the photo with his url. i know first hand what kind of demand there is on the net for pics of messy apartments with piles of candy in the corner.

Bimmy

What kind of candy is it?

Kind of reminds me of the segment in Infinite Jest where Don Gately and Gene Fackelman have their huge dilaudid / M&Ms binge.

Ash

I'm hungry

greg.org

not yet

jamie

do caramel creams get stale?

greg.org

Um, I've got one 30-lb box in my trunk and another in my storage unit, to replenish the piece. But just give the word, and I'll slip some to you.

Truth be told, it's probably only down to about 178, but even so, that's more caramel creams than I'd eat in a year on the subway platform.

Still, even if beef's not what's for dinner, you know what's for desert.

astrid

That piece is at the MomaQNS right now, as part of the Mona Hatoum-curated show. I didn't eat one though -- it was before breakfast, and I had to save room for Jackson Diner.

Liana

I'm with Joe Q. Roaches, ew! & nasty rodents love candy too.

jake

i really liked felix g's art- very creative. i remember when he installed this project at the met where you got to take a print of his painting- there was like a stack of like 1500 of them.

of course, if i tried to install a 30lb display of candy in the corner, i'd end up with a 35lb thompson and lots of kitty poo.

Joe Q

this dude must have roaches the size of, uh, really big roaches.

Todd W.

Not to quibble, but my understanding was that the piles equated the dwindling body weight of his dying partner. Although apparently he made multiple variations on the concept each with a slightly different theme or point.

Some examples, with commentary:

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_md_56A_1.html

http://www.creativetime.org/torres/storr.html

larry dvm

This seems to be people copying/co-opting an artwork by Felix Gonzalez Torres, in a way I'm sure he would have loved and appreciated. As Felix was becoming more and more ill with AIDS in the early 90s, he started installing piles of candy in the corners of galleries and collectors homes, the weight of the piles corresponding to his decreasing body weight at the time. As he gave of himself, through art, and enabled the art world to be more generous, he himself wasted away. Yet each day, the galleries where the work was displayed would replenish the candy, and his work continues to give generously, even as he has left us.