Felix Gonzalez Torres at Paris Art 2010. Not so sure…
Picture the scene, it is the opening night at the fair, it is windy and it had rained the day before. Chaos reigns outside as the organizers decided to have two entrances. Shock, horror, where to go? Being rational, we join the shortest queue. A few minutes later we manage to squeeze through the toughest security guards in town.
We are instantly mesmerized by the splendor of the Grand Palais and the grandeur of the high heels strutting from booth to booth. With our eyes focused on the ground we cannot help but avoid kneeling collectors fiddling with a large golden square laid on the concrete floor. ‘It’s art! Don’t touch it!’ I mumble to myself. We had to investigate.
It had to be one of the Cuban artist’s work. Only a few artists invite viewers to dismantle their works in a nearly iconoclastic manner. But why here? Having such a work presented at a major art fair does not make sense to me. The nearby Palais de Tokyo seems like a more suitable venue for the deceased artist who would not even benefit from a kind patronage.
I’ll leave the question open
