{"id":17151,"date":"2014-05-05T01:49:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T01:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:21:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T02:21:57","slug":"fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17151 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/attachment\/17152\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n517i9OwFw1ro74x3o1_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/attachment\/17153\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n517i9OwFw1ro74x3o2_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/attachment\/17154\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n517i9OwFw1ro74x3o3_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/attachment\/17155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n517i9OwFw1ro74x3o4_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/fuckyeahexistentialism-felix-gonzalez-torres\/attachment\/17156\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n517i9OwFw1ro74x3o5_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fuckyeahexistentialism.tumblr.com\/post\/84688590393\/felix-gonzalez-torres\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">fuckyeahexistentialism<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Felix Gonzalez-Torres | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/aic\/collections\/artwork\/152961\">http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/aic\/collections\/artwork\/152961<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>American, born Cuba, 1957\u20131996<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Untitled&rdquo; (Portrait of Ross in L.A.),\u00a01991<\/p>\n<p>Multicolored candies, individually wrapped in cellophane<br \/> Ideal weight 175\u00a0lb.; installed dimensions variable, approximately 92 x 92 x 92\u00a0cm (36 x 36 x 36 in.)<\/p>\n<p> Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced work of uncompromising beauty and simplicity, transforming the everyday into profound meditations on love and loss.\u00a0\u201cUntitled\u201d (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)\u00a0is an allegorical representation of the artist\u2019s partner, Ross Laycock, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The installation is comprised of 175 pounds of candy, corresponding to Ross\u2019s ideal body weight. Viewers are encouraged to take a piece of candy, and the diminishing amount parallels Ross\u2019s weight loss and suffering prior to his death. Gonzalez-Torres stipulated that the pile should be continuously replenished, thus metaphorically granting perpetual life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>if you\u2019re in Chicago, go see this at the AIC.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fuckyeahexistentialism: Felix Gonzalez-Torres | http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/aic\/collections\/artwork\/152961 American, born Cuba, 1957\u20131996 &ldquo;Untitled&rdquo; (Portrait of Ross in L.A.),\u00a01991 Multicolored candies, individually wrapped in cellophane Ideal weight 175\u00a0lb.; installed dimensions variable, approximately 92 x 92 x 92\u00a0cm (36 x 36 x 36 in.) 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