Hide/Seek: "Untitled(Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" by Felix Gonzalez-Torres - National Portrait Gallery

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

Комментарии • 28

  • @maryalexandriamailler2255
    @maryalexandriamailler2255 8 лет назад +185

    Didn't he want the candies to be continually replenished? that changes the meaning of the work, I don't think the original work was about cannibalism. I think it was about creating a memory of his lover that was to be shared and to last an infinity.

    • @beba92ification
      @beba92ification 8 лет назад +10

      yeah? that's what they always do. And where did u realize that this person was talking about cannibalism? lmao

    • @snootsnoot5590
      @snootsnoot5590 6 лет назад +13

      two years late but yeah it annoyed me when he said it was about cannibalism :/ thats not at all what it's about lmao..

    • @Gulfstreams
      @Gulfstreams 5 лет назад +14

      Its cannibalism the way catholics take the euchrist, a life affirming sacrament.

    • @Gulfstreams
      @Gulfstreams 5 лет назад +4

      not all the spills are meant to be replenished. g-t was a minimalist, the art work would be clearly defined in the artist statement/contract/instructions.

    • @kallipeterson4574
      @kallipeterson4574 2 года назад +6

      I mean the point of this piece was for it to diminish just like his partner did... Yeah. It sounds gory. But that's just art. It's meant to express how the artist feels, and in this case, he watched someone he loved slowly disappear into nothing, and one day that corner is going to be empty, but have so so much meaning.

  • @TheToddtw
    @TheToddtw Год назад +5

    What a beautiful tribute. Having lost the love of my life to AIDS I had a very difficult time containing my emotions. Bravo

  • @littleblizzard7591
    @littleblizzard7591 Год назад +4

    I saw this work when I was 16, so years after his death. The candy is definitely replenished. I just thought it was pretty.

  • @ntfrmhr
    @ntfrmhr 6 лет назад +66

    why does he sound like he's reading off a script lol and the way he turned immediately to grab a candy after his speech lmao

    • @kristelat2073
      @kristelat2073 3 года назад +7

      His face is like "What am I doing with my life?"

    • @dan_asd
      @dan_asd 7 месяцев назад

      usually higher budget videos have scripts

  • @nathanmotley7428
    @nathanmotley7428 5 лет назад +19

    I FELT THIS WAS a realistic dimension in the Arts

  • @maddy3507
    @maddy3507 3 года назад +23

    campy????? wtf is he talking about

    • @GodEmperorSuperStar
      @GodEmperorSuperStar 3 года назад +4

      CAMP: A sensibility that revels in artifice, stylization, theatricalization, irony, playfulness, and exaggeration rather than content, as Susan Sontag famously defined the term in her short essay, "Notes on 'Camp.

    • @maddy3507
      @maddy3507 3 года назад +2

      @@GodEmperorSuperStar duh i just dont think this is camp

    • @GodEmperorSuperStar
      @GodEmperorSuperStar 3 года назад +11

      @@maddy3507 Your interpretation of this work is subjective.

  • @saecredbiirman1351
    @saecredbiirman1351 Год назад

    I don’t think I agree with this take. The artwork’s damn great though.

  • @gilberttorres8
    @gilberttorres8 2 года назад +2

    this is why I hate art., wtf just a pile of candy and long as explanation. if this was jus sitting there without any explanation it would just be a pile of candy, nothing to see here folks.

    • @xxth3plagu3d0ctorxx
      @xxth3plagu3d0ctorxx 2 года назад +34

      Ok, art is not for everyone. It’s not a problem, everyone is in to different things.
      Whether you find value in it or not means nothing to if it does or doesn’t have value to others.
      And that ultimately makes it so your opinion on this meaningless,
      as mine or any one elses opinion on anything you may enjoy also pretty meaningless.
      And to me that is part of why I like art,and the process of that can be in some cases considered art as well.
      But ultimately it reminds me that all of this the entirety of existence is both subjective and mostly devoid of meaning.

    • @midwest_princess123
      @midwest_princess123 2 года назад

      Did you even to the explanation of the piece??? Did you even listen to why Torres made this piece??? Sure, maybe this type of art isnt for you, but for fucks sake dont claim its meaningless. How would you like it if you made a piece of art for person you loved and cherished who had died a slow and painful death and people but went 'Oh, its a stupid piece of art, its useless.'???

    • @latrodectusmactans7592
      @latrodectusmactans7592 2 года назад +25

      It’s a representation of the artist’s partner and the way AIDS destroyed someone sweet and vibrant and lovely, yet Ross alway gave the artist joy. If you’ve ever lost someone you love deeply to an illness, think in terms of that.

    • @leam1978
      @leam1978 2 года назад +31

      "i hate art" my dude, you have a car in your profile pic. the auto industry was severely influenced by post-modernism and dadaism, and the creation of art objects in manufacturing. there wouldn't be fancy cars without the very art you claimed to hate.

    • @ArningEchanoPH
      @ArningEchanoPH Год назад +5

      You didn't listen to the curator's explanation, did you? I also hate modern art. However, this particular piece holds significance for me due to its history and what it meant to the artist before he died of the same disease depicted by these candies