- Artist/Maker:
- Hannah Wilke
- Bio:
- American, 1940-1993
- Title:
- Venus Pareve
- Date:
- 1982-84
- Medium:
- Chocolate
- Dimensions:
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donald Goddard
- Accession Number:
- 2000-51
- Copyright:
- © Hannah Wilke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Not On View
This chocolate self-portrait was one of several produced by Wilke for consumption at an opening reception of a gallery exhibition. While turning the guests into participants in her performance, Wilke also ironically comments on notions of taste in the contemporary art world.
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