What does a portrait of America look like? In the exhibition “Felix Gonzalez–Torres: Always to Return,” “Untitled” (America) comprises twelve light strings that are shown in different configurations across locations inside and outside the museum, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Please join exhibition curators Charlotte Ickes, curator of time-based media and special projects, National Portrait Gallery, and Josh T Franco, head of collecting, Archives of American Art for a special walking tour of “Untitled” (America). Participants will discuss the connections between democracy, labor, change, and the site-specific installation of the work
This tour is being offered at 5:30 pm on March 19 and April 2. Please click on Select Tickets to register for a date.
Image Credit: "Untitled" (America) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1994. Courtesy Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Photo: Wolfgang Guenzel. Image courtesy of MMK Museum Für Moderne Kunst. Installed on the façade of MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst as part of Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Specific Objects without Specific Form. MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany. 28 Jan. – 14 Mar. 2011. Cur. Elena Filipovic; 18 Mar. – 25 Apr. 2011. Installation cur. Tino Sehgal. [Second installation at third of three venues. Additional venues: Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium. 16 Jan. – 2 May 2010; Fondation Beyeler, Basel Switzerland. 21 May – 29 Aug. 2010.]. © Estate Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
