everyone is deleting the caption to this but this work is called “perfect lovers” by the gay artist felix gonzalez-torres. the piece is about the illness and death of his HIV-positive partner ross laycock:
For Untitled (Perfect Lovers) (1991), he synchronized two industrial clocks placed side by side. Inevitably, because batteries fail and things tend toward entropy, the clocks would slowly begin to advance at differing rates, out of sync, having moved, however briefly, perfectly together. (x)
Honestly, this guy is one of my favourite gay artists. His installation “Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)” is literally a pile of candy people are allowed to eat, but whichever gallery is hosting it has to keep it at the same total weight by replacing the pieces. Why? Cos it’s Ross’s ideal body weight and eating the candy parallels his deterioration and weight loss due to an AIDs-related illness, whilst the replacement of the candy grants him perpetual life.
Big Mean Sweaty Dyke 