Qu'est-ce que felix gonzalez torres ?

Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a Cuban-born American artist who gained international recognition for his conceptual and minimalist works that explored themes of love, loss, and sexuality. He was born on November 26, 1957, in Guáimaro, Cuba, and died on January 9, 1996, in Miami, Florida at the age of 38 from AIDS.

Gonzalez-Torres's work often consisted of simple, everyday objects, such as stacks of candy, light bulbs, and clocks, arranged in complex installations that invited the viewer to participate in the artwork. His installations were often site-specific, and he was known for his use of repetition and displacement in his work.

One of his most famous works is "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" from 1991, which consists of a pile of wrapped candies that represents the weight of his partner Ross Laycock's body before he died from AIDS. Viewers are invited to take a piece of candy from the pile, and the work is replenished to its original weight each day.

Gonzalez-Torres's work was deeply personal and often dealt with political and social issues. He was openly gay and used his artwork to explore his experiences as a gay man, as well as issues of inequality and marginalization. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and is held in the collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago.