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Galleries have legal obligations. Mold spores, water damage, and insect infestations (fungus gnats are common in nurtale works) pose real risks. In 2023, a gallery in Milan had to evacuate after a nurtale nesche gallery work involving fermented dairy triggered severe allergic reactions in staff.
The primary goals of the Nurtale Nesche gallery work were defined as follows:
In traditional gallery work, what is not there is simply the wall. In Nurtale Nesche gallery work, negative space becomes a character. Nesche is known for "shadow scoring"—a technique where the gallery lighting is calibrated so that the shadow cast by the sculpture becomes a secondary, ephemeral drawing on the opposite wall. Gallery visitors often report spending as much time looking at the shadows as the materials themselves.
Traditionalists argue that this is not art but gardening. "If I wanted to watch grass grow and rot," wrote critic Jonathan K. Reese, "I would go to a landfill, not a gallery. The nesche is just laziness dressed up as philosophy."