I'm chewing Hubba Bubba in honour of Maurizio Savini's chewing gum sculptures and boy oh boy, do I have some questions. Such as, is that masticated gum? how much? does Mr. Savini chew it all himself or does he have a special masticating machine? is flavour an important element of the design? are the sculptures sticky?
A successful artist and student of architecture, I was intrigued by a picture of Signore Savini at http://www.artmbassy.com/bin/maurizio_savini.html and am ashamed to admit that I have a hard time reconciling this carefully crafted public image (see photo) with the creation of bubble gum art.
Is it necessary to see a relationship between an artist's public image, their medium and the art they create?
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