ARTIST

Félix González-Torres

1957–1996 · Cuba

Félix González-Torres transformed everyday objects like light bulbs and wrapped candies into profound meditations on love, loss, and public engagement.

ABOUT

Félix González-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. González-Torres’s practice incorporates a minimalist visual vocabulary and certain artworks that are composed of everyday materials such as strings of light bulbs, paired wall clocks, stacks of paper, and individually wrapped candies. He was…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Gonzalez and Shadow 1972 · Art Institute of Chicago "Untitled" (Paris) 1988 · Art Institute of Chicago "Untitled" 1989 · Art Institute of Chicago "Untitled" (t-cell count) 1990 · Art Institute of Chicago "Untitled" (Silver Beach) 1990 · Art Institute of Chicago "Untitled" (Fainted) 1991 · Art Institute of Chicago
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