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Gnaw (detail)

Janine Antoni. Gnaw (detail), 1992.

Description:
600 lbs. of chocolate, gnawed by the artist. 600 lbs. of lard, gnawed by the artist. Display case with 45 heart-shaped packages for chocolate made from chewed chocolate removed from the chocolate cube and 400 lipsticks made with pigment, beeswax and chewed lard removed from the lard cube.

Medium:
Sculpture

Tags:
self-portrait, lipstick, chocolate, installation, performance, lard

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