Friday, November 6, 2009
Gonzalez-Torres Beds Aloft in NYC
Felix Gonzalez-Torres "Untitled" 1991 billboard, MoMA, photo courtesy Amanda Steck
Six mysterious billboards have appeared on the New York City skyline, featuring an evocative image of a rumpled, morning-after bed.
This is not some Calvin Klein ad missing the models, but instead a 1991 work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, from MoMA‘s collection.
The billboards have been erected courtesy of Chelsea’s FLAG Art Foundation, as part of “Floating a Boulder: Works By Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Jim Hodges,” a show on view through Jan. 2010.
Manhattan billboard spotting: Meatpacking district at the West Side Highway at 13th Street and in Tribeca at the intersection of Canal and Varick Street at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel.
I drive a truck in the city and have seen two of these billboards they relax me and are nap inducing.
I love love love these. Thanks for doing the little write up. I found the exhibit description on FLAG’s site previously, but it didn’t mention the billboards. This is the apex of public art.