“Untitled” (Death by Gun)
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“Untitled” (Death by Gun) is a conceptual artwork by Felix Gonzalez-Torres consisting of a stack of printed sheets bearing images and statistics of people killed by firearms, inviting viewers to take copies and reflect on gun violence and loss.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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installation art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | 1990s conceptual and political art ⓘ |
| artworkType | take-away stack piece ⓘ |
| circulation | sheets can circulate outside the museum ⓘ |
| collection | held in multiple museum collections ⓘ |
| conceptualStrategy |
dematerialization of the art object
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use of everyday printed matter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Felix Gonzalez-Torres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataSource |
news media images
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statistical records of gun deaths ⓘ |
| depicts |
people killed by firearms
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victims of gun violence ⓘ |
| displayMode |
stack against a wall
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stack placed directly on the floor ⓘ |
| exhibitionPractice | stack is replenished by the institution ⓘ |
| format | stack of printed sheets ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual printed sheets ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
awareness of human cost of firearms
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confrontation with statistical abstraction of death ⓘ reflection on gun violence ⓘ |
| invitesAction | viewers may take copies of the sheets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| materiality | mass-produced sheets ⓘ |
| medium |
offset print on paper
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printed paper stack ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| relationToArtistPractice |
engages with themes of loss and politics common in his oeuvre
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part of Gonzalez-Torres’s series of stack works ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
collective memory
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media representation of violence ⓘ mortality ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| topic |
death
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gun violence ⓘ loss ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| uses |
photographic images
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statistical information ⓘ text ⓘ |
| viewerParticipation | removal of sheets from the stack ⓘ |
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