"Untitled" (USA Today)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
American, born Cuba. 1957–1996
1990
A corner installation of candies individually wrapped in red, silver, and blue cellophane that the artist intended as an open-ended, participatory sculpture whose distribution and replenishment—measured against an “ideal weight”—embody themes of love, loss, and communal care.
From a distance it reads as a festive, jewel‑like mound with glinting cellophane catching the gallery light, but up close the low, slipping heap pressed into the corner feels intimate and vulnerable and seems to invite you to take a piece.
By turning cheap sweets into a refillable, participatory monument, Gonzalez‑Torres transformed sculpture into a social, time‑based act that made absence, memory, and political belonging palpable through everyday exchange.
Medium
Candies, individually wrapped in red, silver, and blue cellophane (endless supply)
Dimensions
Dimensions vary with installation
Ideal weight: 300 lbs (136 kg)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Accession
176.1996
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