Riiko Sakkinen | Objects | Nutella Communism
Nutella Communism
October 2013, Cervera de los Montes

November 2013, Beirut

January 2014, Cervera de los Montes
21 x 27 x 8 cm
Nutella jars with custom labels
i Nutella is the brand name of a hazelnut chocolate spread manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero.

The labels were produced with Nutella's on-line campaign in Spain that offered consumers the possibility to have labels where the brand is replaced with their names.

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and communist revolutionary.

Vladimir Lenin (1870 -1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, political theorist and the first leader of the Soviet Union.

Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and the first leader of the People's Republic of China.

Ulrike Meinhof (1934-1976) was a German journalist and communist revolutionary. She was the co-leader of the Red Army Faction.

Che Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine-Cuban communist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist.
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