Beginning with nine rectangular blocks of butter, the artist uses their hands to mould and rework the yellow material. At first resistant to the remaking, the butter eventually becomes soft, malleable and audibly moist as the artist sculpts the material.
As Many Structures As I Can (2008)
Other works by Richard Maloy
Richard Maloy
28 compositions (2003)
The different poses of a person obscured by big brown pieces of cardboard.
Richard Maloy
Body Arm (2) (2006)
A remake of an earlier work on the same name, the artist applies wet clay to his body.
Richard Maloy
Cardboard Leg (Part 1 & 2) (1999)
The artist constructs a cardboard leg and paints on a leg.
Richard Maloy
Cardboard Tree (1999)
Sitting between trees in a field, the artist cuts and trims cardboard boxes. He assembles them together to resemble a tree trunk.