Activity
Wednesdays, from 26 May to 16 June 2021

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Performance of Politics

Series of lectures with Tanya Barson, Cabello/Carceller, Joshua Chambers-Letson and Pablo Martínez

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (Double Fear)

Felix Gonzalez-Torres worked in a period marked by the conservative policies of Republican governments in the United States, his country of residence, as well as by the emergence of identity politics and debates on multiculturalism in academia and art spaces. However, Felix Gonzalez-Torres deliberately sought to stand outside any identity essentialism and, on the contrary, to activate various strategies of disidentification, as José Esteban Muñoz put it, in response to the state apparatuses that employ racial, sexual and national subjugation systems through protocols of violence and exclusion. The opening of his work’s meanings now allows us to open new readings to negotiate the historical trauma of some minorities and the structural violence that is still exercised over various collectives.

These series of lectures also aim to situate the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres in an expanded genealogy of conceptualist and post-minimal practice that integrates the practices of Latin American art but also those of the history of art in Spain, where he lived during childhood. The guest speakers will employ different approaches to delve more deeply into aspects of his work, such as his Marxist position, the performativity of politics in his work or his contribution to the development of a queer aesthetic. The programme will include the presence of artists, curators and theorists in an attempt to open up possible readings of his work and analyse the rich resonances of his proposals today.

If you have any question, feel free to contact us on 93 481 33 68 or by email at macba [at] macba [dot] cat

dates

Wednesdays, from 26 May to 16 June 2021

timetable

7:00 p.m.

price

Price: Free admission. Limited capacity. Previous booking required.

title

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Performance of Politics

location

Meier Auditorium and Online

dates