Tim Rollins (–2017)

"I wanted to make a show that would disappear completely. It had a lot to do with disappearance and learning. It was also about trying to be a threat to the art-marketing system, and also, to be really honest, it was about being generous to a certain extent. [..] Freud said that we rehearse our fears in order to lessen them. In a way this ‘‘letting go’’ of the work—this refusal to make a static form, a monolithic sculpture, in favor of a disappearing, changing, unstable, and show more fragile form—was an attempt on my part to rehearse my fears of having Ross disappear day by day right in front of my eyes.’’ —Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Felix Gonzalez-Torres is best known for installations and public artworks that invite the viewer’s direct participation. In this interview with Tim Rollins, Gonzalez-Torres talks about his commitment to social change and his understanding of his role as an artist in effecting that change.

Designed by Lausten / Cossutta Design, Los Angeles. Printed by Typecraft Inc., Pasadena. Laid in poster of Gonzalez-Torres' Birds (26 x 39"), folded as issued. "You have to start loving what you have at home. You don't go out and preach if your house is not in orderâ"you cannot preach a new social order." Extraordinary publication of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres by the Los Angeles publisher Art Resources Transfer / Art Press. Gonzalez-Torres is a Cuban-born visual artist known for his minimalist approach to art as well his contributions to conceptual art. He lived and worked mostly in New York between 1979 and 1995. Illustrated with color photographs of Gonzalez-Torres' minimalist objects and concepts throughout, including photographs by Marc Domage, Brian Forest, James Franklin, Neil Goldstein, Stanley Greenberg, Cal Kowal, and Peter Muscato (video stills). show less