Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born 1957 BirthGuaimaro, Cuba.
Died 1996 deathNew York, USA.
Categories: Installation art Neo-Conceptualism Postminimalism Venice Biennale
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Throughout his short career, Felix Gonzalez-Torres created works that are relatively simple in construction yet rich in emotional content. Placed neatly in a stack on the floor, this untitled work is composed of hundreds of identical images of the sea. Following the death of his partner from AIDS, Gonzalez-Torres dealt with his own mortality in works that address our understanding of eternity…
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Untitled (Public Opinion)
The viewer’s first reaction to Untitled (Death by Gun) is one of uncertainty. Is this stack of papers on the floor meant to be walked around and viewed from different angles, like sculpture? Or did the artist intend these papers to be picked up and examined?…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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