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1957 Guaimaro, Cuba - 1996 Miami, Florida. Known for: Minimalism, conceptulism, installation sculpture, floor pieces, graphics.
"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner —... Read full biography
"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist. My old friend Shepherd... Read full biography
"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist. My old friend Shepherd Raimi, who had some 30 years on me, used to say over and over, mantra-like — I can still hear his voice — “Everything changes. All the time.” He wasn’t offering an observation. He was delivering a... Read full biography
"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist. My old friend Shepherd Raimi, who had some 30 years on me, used to say over and over, mantra-like — I can still hear his voice — “Everything changes. All the time.” He wasn’t offering an observation. He was delivering a life lesson, to me, to himself, to anyone listening. Covid has recently pounded that lesson home hard, but some of us were learning it long before, back in the 1980s and early 90s, as H.I.V./AIDS scythed through our L.G.B.T.Q. community. The New York... Read full biography
"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability. An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist. My old friend Shepherd Raimi, who had some 30 years on me, used to say over and over, mantra-like — I can still hear his voice — “Everything changes. All the time.” He wasn’t offering an observation. He was delivering a life lesson, to me, to himself, to anyone listening. Covid has recently pounded that lesson home hard, but some of us were learning it long before, back in the 1980s and early 90s, as H.I.V./AIDS scythed through our L.G.B.T.Q. community. The New York artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres was learning it then too, from intimate experience. In 1991, he watched the man... Read full biography
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"Critic's Pick, Art & Design," The New York Times, February 2, 2023 by Holland Cotter
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a Master of Mutability
An ultra-polished survey of the artist’s works at David Zwirner — some not seen before — demonstrate how preservation and change can coexist.
My old friend Shepherd Raimi, who had some 30 years on me, used to say over and over, mantra-like — I can still hear his voice — “Everything changes. All the time.” He wasn’t offering an observation. He was delivering a life lesson, to me, to himself, to anyone listening.
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