Art that leaves a bad taste in your mouth—literally!
ABOVE: detail from Laird Hamilton’s Power (2005), which is a picture of the artist’s back and—seriously—comes with an edible strip that tastes like seawater and Hamilton’s skin.
The phrase “there’s no accounting for taste” has seldom been so applicable. The Associated Press has gone nuts for a little temporary gallery set up by Visionaire magazine that features edible taste strips, just like those revolting little Listerene breath strips, except in a rainbow of odd flavours. The magazine took 12 concepts and doled out one each to 12 artists, who provided one artwork and collaborated with International Flavours & Fragrances Inc. on a flavour to go along with it. Tastes include “Art” (adhesive spray and gluestick flavour); “Luxury” (fresh pine cone tips); “Adrenaline” (jet fuel and metal); “Mommy” (condensed milk); and “Life” (fresh soil). Laird Hamilton’s photo, of his own back, is accompanied by a strip that tastes like his back. Ew.
Anyway, the exhibit is in Miami until the end of today and then will reopen in Manhattan in mid-December, where it will remain until the end of February.