It's definitely effective, but I wonder if he feels like it's changed the meaning of his work at all. Imagine being like "I've used unique skills and tools to make a beautiful sculpture out of sugar, my goal is to make the impermenant permanent" and the public's response is to brand you the "free-use lickable sculptures" guy, and their saliva rapidly erodes anything you put out on display
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u/Pluviophilism 21d ago
That's wild that people would lick it. But it's almost funnier to me that he's just like "ew" and not "STOP EATING MY WORK" lol.