Ep. 68 - Felix Gonzalez-Torres' "Untitled (March 5th) #2" (1991)

"The only thing permanent is change." - Felix Gonzalez-Torres There
is no way around it. The work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a gay,
Cuban-American artist who responded to - and died during - the AIDS
crisis of the 1980s and 90s, is sad. His work is a memorial, both
to a lost generation and to his own partner, Ross. Yet it is
through these seemingly banal, industrial, or every day materials,
and the powerful metaphor that they represent, that we can best get
to the root of what loss can mean. And, maybe, healing as well. See
the images:
https://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2025/2/10/episode-68-felix-gonzalez-torres-untitled-march-5th-2-1991
Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, “A Little Powder,” “Lerennis,”
“Taoudella,” “The Melt,” “Rafter” Open Book, “Second Chance”
Episode sponsors: Art of Crime The Seattle Prize Visual Arts
Passage Smartist App With extra special thanks to Martin Young.