Coffin Of Fudge 2005.
Wooden coffin, fudge.
Life size.
A real, life-size coffin made of untreated wood, is filled to the top with real fudge. The fudge hardens and becomes nasty over time. It deals with obesity and poor diet in America and increasingly elsewhere. One example is of my friend’s health problems as they increased due to lack of exercise and poor diet. He loves sweets and fattening foods. In 2004, he had a gall gladder removed and consequently, is supposed to eat a healthier diet. He has had difficultly changing over to the leaner diet, telling me how he is sometimes eating greasy hamburgers and beer. So the idea behind the artwork in theory is that if he were to eat all the fudge in the coffin, he would probably be dead. |
