Félix González-Torres was a Cuban-born American artist whose minimal, often participatory works address themes of love, mourning, queer identity, and public memory. His installations—candies taken by viewers, paper stacks meant to be removed, strings of lights arranged on the floor—use simple gestures to create profound emotional resonance.
These works exist in fluctuation, changing as viewers interact with them. Their generosity is structural.
Félix González-Torres was a Cuban-born American conceptual artist known for minimal, participatory works that address love, loss, and political identity.
Félix González-Torres was a Cuban-born American artist known for minimal, participatory works—candy spills, light strings, paper stacks—that explore love, loss, and shared experience.
