Felix Gonzalez-Torres

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Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a Cuban-born American conceptual artist known for his minimalist installations using everyday materials to explore themes of love, loss, identity, and the politics of representation.

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instanceOf conceptual artist
human
installation artist
visual artist
activeYearsEnd 1996
activeYearsStart 1980
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1957-11-26
dateOfDeath 1996-01-09
educatedAt International Center of Photography
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn campus)
surface form: Pratt Institute

Whitney Museum of American Art
surface form: Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
employer California Institute of the Arts
New York University
ethnicGroup Cuban
familyName Felix Gonzalez-Torres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gonzalez-Torres
fieldOfWork conceptual art
installation art
political art
public art
queer art
sculpture
genre installation art
participatory art
public art installation
givenName Felix
hasSignatureWork billboard works
candy spill installations
paper stack installations
hasWorkInCollection Art Institute of Chicago
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Reina Sofía Museum
surface form: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art
influencedBy AIDS crisis
conceptual art
minimalism
political activism
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
Spanish
movement conceptual art
installation art
minimalism
postminimalism
process art
notableFor artworks addressing identity and queer politics
artworks addressing love and loss
minimalist installations using everyday materials
participatory and replenishable candy and paper stacks
notableWork “Untitled” (America #3)
“Untitled” (Blood)
“Untitled” (Death by Gun)
“Untitled” (Loverboy)
“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers)
“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) [clocks installation]
“Untitled” (Placebo)
“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
“Untitled” (USA Today)
occupation artist
university teacher
partner Ross Laycock
placeOfBirth Camagüey Province
Cuba
Guáimaro
placeOfDeath Florida
Miami
United States of America
representedBy Andrea Rosen Gallery
residence New York City
United States of America
sexOrGender male
sexualOrientation gay
theme AIDS epidemic
identity
loss
love
memory
mortality
participation and viewer interaction
politics of representation
queer politics
time

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The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres familyName Felix Gonzalez-Torres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate managesLegacyOf Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate preservesWorksOf Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate associatedWith Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate namedAfter Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Larry Aldrich Award hasRecipient Felix Gonzalez-Torres