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Sealed with a Marmite Kiss
• Rodin's celebrated sculpture recreated in
Marmite
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By
Miss Gingham, contributing editor
Sunday,
17 February, 2008
Following on the success of last year’s Guinness flavoured Marmite, the company brought out a limited edition “I Love You” Champagne flavoured Marmite for Valentine’s day on February 14th 2008.
To mark the launch, a Marmite statue was commissioned by the company, a copy of Rodin's "The Kiss", covered in Marmite. It was ‘unveiled’ in London’s Greenwich Park on Valentine's Day.
The manufacturers commissioned sculptor, Jeremy Fattorini to recreate Rodin’s celebrated sculpture, ‘The Kiss’, in Marmite. Fattorini took nearly two and a half weeks to sculpt the 7ft replica statue which was coated in 420 jars of Limited Edition ‘I Love You’ Champagne Marmite.
The artist said: “It will be interesting to see if this gains more popularity than the statue at St Pancras. I’m sure that Marmite will once again polarize the nation – you’ll either love it or hate it. It’s a good thing I like the stuff, as I was licking my fingers as I created it!”
The Naked Reader 2008
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