Paul McCarthy

Chocolate Santa (2007)

Peter Paul Chocolate. Special Christmas Edition 2007 for Hauser & Wirth.

Cardboard, foil, chocolate. Unlimited edition multiple.

Produced in 2007 in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth, Chocolate Santa is a playful yet subversive artwork multiple that transforms a familiar festive figure into a provocative sculptural object. Using chocolate as both material and metaphor, McCarthy blurs the boundaries between art, consumer culture, and collectible commodity—hallmarks of his irreverent practice.

[Disclaimer: This product is an artwork multiple and a highly collectible object. Alas, it is not intended for human consumption (anymore).]

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Paul McCarthy (b. 1945) is an American contemporary artist known for performances, sculpture, installation, and video that critique mass-media, consumerism, and American pop culture through irreverent and provocative visual language.