Untitled (March 5th) #2 / Felix Gonzalez-Torres
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1999/2.17
- Title
- Untitled (March 5th) #2
- Artist
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1957-1996
- Medium and Support
- 40-watt light bulbs, extension cords, porcelain light sockets
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- conceptual
- Dimensions
- 594.4 cm x 17.8 cm x 5.1 cm (234 in. x 7 in. x 2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- found object
- Secondary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Secondary Object Type
- installation art
- Physical Description
- Two forty-watt light bulbs in simple porcelain light sockets hang together by their extension cords from a nail on the wall.
- Subject Matter
- A meditation on love, togetherness, the beauty of the everday, mortality, loss, and mourning in the aftermath of AIDS.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- aids
- conceptual
- deaths
- installations (sculpture)
- lamps (lighting device components)
- light art
- lovers
- memory
- minimal
- mortality
- ready-mades
- time
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- events
- found object sculpture
- found objects
- furnishings components
- genres
- health and related concepts
- health-related concepts
- illness
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- lighting device components
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- personal life events
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- psychological concepts
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by form
- sculpture by material
- social science concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 994 x 2400
- File Size
- 340 KB
- Record
- 1999/2.17
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1999-sl-2.17/1999_2_17_view1.jpg
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"Untitled (March 5th) #2; Felix Gonzalez-Torres." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1999-sl-2.17/1999_2_17_view1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
