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Felix Gonzalez-Torres, original name Félix González-Torres, (born Nov. 26, 1957, Guáimaro, Cuba died Jan. 9, 1996, Miami, Fla., U.S.), Cuban-born American sculptor, photographer, and conceptual artist known for work in a variety of media that addresses issues of identity, desire, originality, loss, the metaphor of journey, and the private versus the public domain. Like many artists of the 1980s, Gonzalez-Torres used the postmodern strategy of appropriating ready-made motifs and objects to create his art, thereby challenging the idea of the unique art object that was so much a hallmark of Modernism. Gonzalez-Torres grew up in Cuba and Puerto Rico and then
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The past year has been a time of loss. What can art show us about processing grief?
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We re not alone. Witnessing somebody else s pain can actually give you ideas about how to handle your own
Posted: Mar 31, 2021 2:00 PM ET | Last Updated: March 31
The past year has been a time of loss. What can art show us about processing grief?
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We re not alone. Witnessing somebody else’s pain can actually give you ideas about how to handle your own.4:58