Felix Gonzalez-Torres (steidldangin)

GONZALEZ-TORRES, Felix, AULT, Julie, STORR, Robert, NICKAS, Robert, CRUZ, Amada, ROLLINS, Tim, BRECHT, Bertolt, FERGUSON, Russell, FUCHS, Rainer, BARTHES, Roland, TALLMAN, Susan, DURAS, Marguerite, PIÑERA, Virgilio, hooks, bell, BASUALDO, Carlos, DEITCHER, David, MOSQUERA, Gerardo, RILKE, Rainer Maria, BALTZ, Lewis, MEREWETHER, Charles, UMLAND, Anne, STEVENS, Wallace, SPECTOR, Nancy, SONTAG, Susan, KWON, Miwon, KOSUTH, Joseph, WATNEY, Simon

ISBN 10: 3865211968 / ISBN 13: 9783865211965

Published by steidldangin, Göttingen, Germany, 2006

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gray on cover and spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Works in various media and texts by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Edited and with text by Julie Ault. Essays, interviews and contributions by Robert Storr, Robert Nickas, Amada Cruz, Bertolt Brecht, Tim Rollins, Russell Ferguson, Rainer Fuchs, Roland Barthes, Susan Tallman, Marguerite Duras, Virgilio Piñera, bell hooks, Carlos Basualdo, David Deitcher, Gerardo Mosquera, Rainer Maria Rilke, Lewis Baltz, Charles Merewether, Anne Umland, Wallace Stevens, Nancy Spector, Susan Sontag, Miwon Kwon, Joseph Kosuth and Simon Watney. Includes an exhibition history, bibliography, notes on the contributors and an index. 412 pp., with numerous four-color plates. 11 x 8-5/8 inches. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 112902

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Felix Gonzalez-Torres (steidldangin)
• Publisher: steidldangin, Göttingen, Germany
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865211968
• ISBN 13: 9783865211965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Diaristic Imagery
  • Installation
  • Death/Loss
  • Image/Text

About this title

Synopsis

The first comprehensive monograph of this important artist. Gonzales-Torres combined principles of conceptual art, minimalism, political activism, and poetic beauty. His ever-changing arsenal included public billboards, give-away piles of candy or posters, and ordinary objects. This book is a critical reference for the history of contemporary art.

Synopsis

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the most influential artists of his generation, lived and worked resolutely according to his own democratic ideology, determined to "make this a better place for everyone." He combined principles of conceptual art, minimalism, political activism, and poetic beauty. His ever-changing arsenal included public billboards, give-away piles of candy or posters, and ordinary objects (clocks, mirrors, light fixtures) often used to startling effect. His work challenged the notions of public and private space, originality, authorship - and most significantly - the authoritative structure in which he functioned. Editor Julie Ault has amassed the first comprehensive monograph of this important artist. In the spirit of Gonzalez-Torres's method, Ault rethinks the very idea of what a monograph should be. The book, which places strong emphasis on the written word, contains newly commissioned texts by Robert Storr and Miwon Kwon among other notables, as well as significant critical essays, exhibition statements, transcripts from lectures, personal correspondence, and writings that influenced Gonzalez-Torres and his work.

Ample visual documentation adds another important layer of content. We see works not just in their finality, but often witness their transformation over a life span. The collection is a critical reference for the history of contemporary art.