Name of Artwork and artist:

Felix Gonzales Torres

Why were you drawn to this work?

First, I thought the fact that it was made of candies is very interesting. At first when I saw the work from faraway, I didn;t know what it was; I just saw large portion of the floor covered with something shiny. THe wrappers around each candies were creating different lights and shadows within them. And the interaction aspect of the piece was also very interesting.

How is TIME communicated?

Each candy represents a soldiers in the war. As the visitors consume the candies, it represents the soldiers who have fallen. And as the gallery add more candies to replace the consumed ones, it represents the new draftees who replace the dead ones.

How are the method, materials and approaches used reinforce the ideas the artist is conveying?

the missile like shape of the candy represent war.

Black color represents death.

700 pounds represent the dead soldiers.

3 questions?

is there any reason behind the choice of the flavor?

Who often are the candies get replaced?

Does the fact that the candies will always get replaced represent the fact that the wars in the world will never stop?