Felix Gonzalez-Torres: What Remains | Part 1

On Saturday, January 9, 2021, The Bass, the de la Cruz Collection and the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Family Archive collaborated and presented a celebration day honoring the personal and artistic legacy of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of this death in Miami, Florida.
Part 1
Introduction by Silvia Karman Cubiñá, Executive Director & Chief Curator
FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES’ VIRAL AESTHETICS
A Talk by Dr. Robert Hobbs, Art Historian
By avoiding the traps of identity politics, Felix Gonzalez-Torres found ways to reshape established vanguard art. Dr. Robert Hobbs analyzes the artist’s major contributions through the lens of the word “virus”, which was often used by Gonzalez-Torres to describe the way his art functioned.

[@tommeadows-ie2xb]

Tier 3 was a punk / no-wave club. I played there and met Felix a few times.

[@carlberg7503]

The lecture is brilliant, a good introduction to an important but difficult artist. In order to explore the significance of individual artworks, Hobbs effortlessly integrates critical theory with a close reading of the work itself. Thanks.