Untitled (Placebo) is an installation by Torres. It is a single sculpture made up of 1200 punds of silver wrapped hard candy. This is approx. 40,000 pieces of hard candy. It was arranged as a carpet along the floor of the gallery in 1991. Part of the work included visitors taking a piece of candy as they walked through. This helped with the disappearance of the sculpture.
The sculpture was used to reflect on the growing AIDS epidemic as well as the loss of his partner, Ross, from AIDS. Using something as common as candy allows the viewers to come up with their own meaning and explanation to the piece. This also lets the viewer reflect on loss and death in itself, and what that means to them.
This piece reminds me of some of the sculpture pieces that we have viewed in this class over the quarter, like the one with the live animals. This is because of the fact that it brings the viewers into the piece, even if for two different reasons, and allows them to think about the work in their own way and draw their own conclusions. I also think it makes me think of death, as well as the growing AIDS problem. It is a huge issue that most people do not consider as much as needed.
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