{"product_id":"felix-gonzalez-torres-always-to-return-hardcover","title":"Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFelix Gonzalez-Torres\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eTeresita Fernández\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Ickes\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways to Return\u003c\/i\u003e examines Felix Gonzalez-Torres's work in relation to portraiture and accompanies a major exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis expansive project focuses on Felix Gonzalez-Torres's deep engagement with portraiture and the construction of identity, as well as how history is told and inherited. As one of the leading artists of the twentieth century, Gonzalez-Torres broadened the horizon of portraiture from a genre associated with static representations of individuals to one with the capacity to change, remain resonant, and encourage collaboration. With no formal beginning or end point, the exhibition and monograph unfold at the intersection of Gonzalez-Torres's groundbreaking work, the context of two Smithsonian collections, and the historically significant setting of Washington, D.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways to Return\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together documentation of the exhibition with new scholarship by the exhibition's curators, Josh T Franco and Charlotte Ickes, essays by Julie Ault, and Joshua Chambers-Letson, and archival texts that shape the conceptual foundation for the exhibition. This in-depth look at the artist's relationship to portraiture and historiography provides a new way into the practice of one the most significant artists of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres can be found in numerous public collections worldwide, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Cleveland Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Dallas Museum of Art; Glenstone Museum, Potomac; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami; Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways to Return\u003c\/i\u003e is co-published with the National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelix Gonzalez-Torres\u003c\/b\u003e (1957-1996) was one of the most significant artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In its reduced formal vocabulary, conceptual rigor, and evocative use of everyday materials, the artist's work resonates with meaning that is at once specific and mutable, rigorous and generous, poetic and political. Born in Cuba, the artist studied and lived in the U.S., ultimately dying from AIDS-related causes in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFranco\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1985) is collector at large at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, he was an artist-guide at Judd Foundation while completing his PhD in art history at Binghamton University, SUNY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIckes\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1986) is the curator of time-based media art and special projects at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Prior to joining the Portrait Gallery, she was the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at MCA Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAult\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1957) is a New York-based artist, curator, and writer dedicated to activating and preserving overlooked cultural histories. She was a founding member of the artists' collaborative Group Material (1979-1996) of which Felix Gonzalez-Torres was an active member between 1988 and 1991. Ault edited \u003ci\u003eFelix Gonzalez-Torres \u003c\/i\u003e(Steidl Dangin, 2006), the first comprehensive monograph on the artist's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eChambers-Letson\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1980) is the Chair of Performance Studies and Professor of Performance Studies and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. Completing a forthcoming book on queerness, grief, and love, he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Race So Different: Law and Performance in Asian America\u003c\/i\u003e. With Tavia Nyong'o he is the editor of José Esteban Muñoz's \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Brown\u003c\/i\u003e and of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's \u003ci\u003eChina Trilogy: Three Parables of Global Capital\u003c\/i\u003e with Christine Mok. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresita\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFernández\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1968) is a New York-based artist whose work is characterized by an interest in conceptual wayfinding and a rethinking of landscape. She is a 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA Artist's Grant. Her works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally, at venues including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington; the Menil Collection, Houston; and Castello di Rivoli, Turin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 12.1 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176866038009,"sku":"9798890181107","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3Vm8QmByp29798890181107.webp?v=1767690872","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/felix-gonzalez-torres-always-to-return-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}