Candy

I was very interested in the piece "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" by Felix Gonzalez-Torres that we saw in Stone exhibition and then also in class on Friday. I found this piece to be interesting not only from a conceptual standpoint, but also it's construction and maintenance were interesting. Because people eat the candy the piece is every changing yet is meant to appear the somewhat the same. It was also interesting watching the public interact with this piece in the gallery. Most people were very unsure if they could actually take a piece, and many did not. I think even more fascinating was considering this piece of art outside of the gallery space. It is owned by the Stone family and I assume is normally placed somewhere in their house. But what does it mean to own a piece like this?