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Also featured are his paper stacks, candy spills, light bulb strings, and photographic documentation of the artist's outdoor billboards. .html This is the first comprehensive survey of one of the most significant contemporary artists of the past decade. This in-depth investigation spans ten years of the artist's career, beginning with his early photography and text-based pieces and ending with examples of his public billboards and garlands of electric lights. Guggenheim Museum presents Felix Gonzalez-Torres, the first comprehensive survey of one of the most significant contemporary artists working today.

Part I drew over 250,000 visitors, which is something of a record. Some people feel that the popularity of the first part was due to the narrative and illustrative content of much of the art. While there are very direct connections between the art and what was going on in the culture at large over the past 50 years, it manifests itself metaphorically rather than literally. I think much of this art, though now historic, will seem very new and contemporary to many viewers -- perhaps not what they expect to get from art. My hope is that people will approach the work with an open mind and see the last 50 years of American art for its truly remarkable achievement.

Part I drew over 250,000 visitors, which is something of a record. Some people feel that the popularity of the first part was due to the narrative and illustrative content of much of the art. While there are very direct connections between the art and what was going on in the culture at large over the past 50 years, it manifests itself metaphorically rather than literally. I think much of this art, though now historic, will seem very new and contemporary to many viewers -- perhaps not what they expect to get from art. My hope is that people will approach the work with an open mind and see the last 50 years of American art for its truly remarkable achievement. com is a registered trademark of the ArtNet Worldwide Corporation, New York, NY. . With Meyer slowly milking lot after lot past their reserves and often into the stratospheric ranges beyond the high estimate, last night was a far cry from the Impressionist and modern abyss that opened at our feet the week before. The auction house set the presale estimates at so high a level that it seemed that failure was inevitable. A phrase oft repeated in the course of the sale was, "I can sell it.
A good past site: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libraries/questions/

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