the titanic began to sink. sinking completely soon after 2am.
portrait of ross by felix gonzalez-torres
As I’ve gone on and on about this guy today, it’s easy to see why he’s one of my favorite conceptual artists.
At first glance it would appear to be the perfect parody of contemporary art. “Why, it’s only a pile of candy!” Those more inclined to actually interrogate it as a work of art might be more charitable. They might interpret the color, the texture. They might realize how the haphazard nature of the candy’s piling makes it’s final form mutable. And if they were bold enough, they might take a piece of the candy and eat it and enjoy it, and realize that this work of art gave the viewer some sort of tactile reaction and sense manipulation that a Monet or Martini or Mondrian couldn’t.
Ross was Gonzalez-Torres’s lover, who died of AIDS. When Ross was first diagnosed, his doctor told him his ideal weight was 155 pounds. Every day, the candy is weighed and 155 pounds is placed out. Here the candy IS love/happiness/sweetness/togetherness. Visitors to the museum are encouraged to enjoy a piece. It’s a giving, generous work of art; but with a dark edge; for as the candy gradually diminishes it symbolizes Ross’s weight loss due to AIDS. However, each morning the candy is weighed out and replenished,so that in this artwork (unlike life) Ross may live on forever.
This is amazing!
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…with all the friends i’ve lost along the way?
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Rebolg if you care.
(I really loved this, until that spelling error.)
well maybe i would have a better idea of just how many people there were that hate me if all those people had the balls to say things such as this to my face. i’m really glad you built up the nerve to say this to me anonymously. Congratulations!
p.s. i don’t care what the brain dead, fake people of Kutztown have to say about me. Because guess what? i’ve got the satisfaction of knowing that I’m going somewhere in life, when half of those people aren’t. So thanks again for the reminder of just how great I am. (: