Jerry Saltz

Wow. See, I thought you looked like JFK. Here, touch it.

Wow. See, I thought you looked like JFK. Here, touch it.

It's butter.

It's butter.

It's Naples yellow butter. You have a great open collar, a T-shirt.

It's Naples yellow butter. You have a great open collar, a T-shirt.

You look like a statesman, actually.

You look like a statesman, actually.

Well, I'm a huge fan of butter sculpture being from the Midwest. Oh, that's right. Yeah. We have in Wisconsin, there's a whole tradition of it. I'm mad for it. I also looked at ice sculptures. A corn sculpture is a big favorite of mine. This is just lovely. I think it's just lovely. I want to touch it a lot. I'm going to touch it a little.

Well, I'm a huge fan of butter sculpture being from the Midwest. Oh, that's right. Yeah. We have in Wisconsin, there's a whole tradition of it. I'm mad for it. I also looked at ice sculptures. A corn sculpture is a big favorite of mine. This is just lovely. I think it's just lovely. I want to touch it a lot. I'm going to touch it a little.

I'll put his head next to it. Let me get my phone and take its picture.

I'll put his head next to it. Let me get my phone and take its picture.

And I'll make you famous or something.

And I'll make you famous or something.

Well, I think it's a great, quiet, mute, stately object.

Well, I think it's a great, quiet, mute, stately object.

Wow.

Wow.

God, you're a bigger man than I am. Is there a way to preserve this? Apparently, we have a couple of hours. Okay. I want you to document it. Because it'll get better. It'll get much better as it loses its structural integrity and becomes more abstract and melts. There's an artist named Urs Feinstein.

God, you're a bigger man than I am. Is there a way to preserve this? Apparently, we have a couple of hours. Okay. I want you to document it. Because it'll get better. It'll get much better as it loses its structural integrity and becomes more abstract and melts. There's an artist named Urs Feinstein.