| Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996) was a Cuban artist who grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City. He had his first solo show at Andrea Rosen Gallery in 1990, where he continued to show his work until his death from AIDS. His estate is represented by Andrea Rosen Gallery. The photostat pieces, made between the years of 1987 and 1992, are small works, varying in size according to how the photostat lab chose to print out the paper, averaging 8 x 10 inches, consisting usually of two lines of white text, words and associated dates, in Trump Italic Bold typeface, pushed to the bottom of the black shiny surface of the photostat paper. These works are always framed. The surface itself becomes referential to a television screen. The blank, black space allows room for the viewer to project into the screen, while the words (clearly the precursors to the portrait pieces) mimic the random, non-linear, non-discriminatory emanations of mass-media information [...] This is the real world; there is no separation between the news and the commercial. And there is no separation between the TV audience and his audience. Felix was not interested in a studio that would act as refuge from the world but rather created his works in the world keeping the past, present and future in the foreground. From a Text by Andrea Rosen. |
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| Felix Gonzalez-Torres Untitled 1988 Framed photostat 3/10 10.5 x 13.75 inches (+ frame) Collection of Tim Bailey, courtesy of Joy Episalla, New York Text: Helms Amendment 1987 Anita Bryant 1977 Hi-Tech 1980 Cardinal O'Connor 1988 Bavaria 1986 White Night Riots 1979 F.D.A. 1985 |
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