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Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born in Guaimaro, Cuba in 1957, the third of four children. He and his sister Gloria relocated that year to an orphanage in Madrid, Spain before eventually settling in Puerto Rico with their uncle. He graduated from Colegio San Jorge in 1976, and began to take art classes at the University of Puerto Rico while becoming.
Felix GonzalezTorres at Museum MMK fĂŒr Moderne Kunst MMK, Frankfurt, Untitled, USA Today, 1990
Conceptualized during the artist's lifetime for an unrealized exhibition at CAPC Bordeaux; realized posthumously in conjunction with Felix Gonzalez-Torres (2023), David Zwirner Gallery, New York; work consists of two indoor billboards on wooden structures and includes sound installation of a recording of applause following a 1990 performance by.
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Biography. Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born in GuĂĄimaro, Cuba, on November 26, 1957. He referred to himself as American. He lived and worked in New York City between 1979 and 1995. Gonzalez-Torres died in Miami on January 9, 1996 from AIDS-related causes. He began his art studies at the University of Puerto Rico before moving to New York City.
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Watch on. From Harvard to David Zwirner, the newest episode of PROGRAM journeys inside the making of and meaning behind Felix Gonzalez-Torres's portrait works through conversations with artists Glenn Ligon and Coco Fusco, and longtime Gonzalez-Torres collector Nancy Magoon. Felix Gonzalez-Torres. "Untitled", 1994-1995.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced meaningful and restrained sculptural forms out of common materials. "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) consists of an ideal weight of 175 pounds of shiny, commercially distributed candy. The work's physical form and scale change with each display, affected by its placement in the gallery as well as audience interactions.
The Lasting Legacy of Artist Felix GonzalezTorres
FĂ©lix GonzĂĄlez-Torres or Felix Gonzalez-Torres (November 26, 1957 - January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. He lived and worked primarily in New York City between 1979 and 1995 after attending university in Puerto Rico. GonzĂĄlez-Torres's practice incorporates a minimalist visual vocabulary and certain artworks that are.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres (born Nov. 26, 1957, GuĂĄimaro, Cubaâdied Jan. 9, 1996, Miami, Fla., U.S.) Cuban-born American sculptor, photographer, and conceptual artist known for work in a variety of media that addresses issues of identity, desire, originality, loss, the metaphor of journey, and the private versus the public domain. Like many artists of the 1980s, Gonzalez-Torres used the.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres is known for his minimal sculptures and installations that explore the poetic potential inherent in conceptual strateÂgies. Remarkable for their clarity of message and their emotional power, his works are often activated by participatory actions that are like ripples on the surface of a still pond. Gonzalez-Torres joined.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Felix Gonzalez-Torres (November 26, 1957-January 9, 1996) was an American, Cuban-born visual artist.Gonzalez-Torres grew up in Cuba, and lived in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City in 1979.Gonzalez-Torres had a one-man exhibition of his early text pieces in 1988 at the Rastovski Gallery (560 Broadway) in Soho.
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Gonzalez-Torres was born in GuĂĄimaro, Cuba, in 1957. He was sent to Spain as a teenager in 1971, and later that year left to live in Puerto Rico until 1979, when he moved to New York. In 1987, he.
Felix GonzalezTorres âUntitledâ (Placebo), 1991 Williams College Museum of Art
May 6, 2021 4:01pm. A Felix Gonzalez-Torres light bulb sculpture at the New Museum in New York in 2013. Photo Mary Altaffer/AP. With his pared-down, melancholy works, Felix Gonzalez-Torres found.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Haunting Works of an Artist Afflicted with AIDS. Felix Gonzalez-Torres is well-known for his conceptual art installations with everyday objects, that address themes like his experiences as a gay man, the impact of AIDS, love, and death. Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born in Cuba in the year 1957.
The Work and Legacy of Felix GonzalezTorres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres (November 26, 1957 - January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. Gonzalez-Torres's openly gay sexual orientation is often seen as influential in his work as an artist. Gonzalez-Torres was known for his minimal installations and sculptures in which he used materials such as strings of lightbulbs, clocks.
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FĂ©lix GonzĂĄlez-Torres or Felix Gonzalez-Torres (November 26, 1957 - January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. He lived and worked primarily in New York City between 1979 and 1995 after attending university in Puerto Rico. GonzĂĄlez-Torres's practice incorporates a minimalist visual vocabulary and certain artworks that are composed of everyday materials such as strings of.
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