Paul McCarthy

Chocolate Nose Bar (2000)

Cardboard, foil, chocolate. Unlimited edition multiple.

A playful and conceptual edition by influential contemporary artist Paul McCarthy, Chocolate Nose Bar was produced in 2000 and reflects McCarthy’s long-standing interest in subverting everyday objects with humor and irony. The work presents a chocolate-shaped sculpture of a nose in printed packaging that references the absurdity and consumer culture embedded in McCarthy’s broader 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.