Felix in Venice

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Beautiful artwork is work that is compassionate. For me, that is the whole essay.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres would be my choice for the Venice Biennale too, because i am in awe of him. "What Would F G-T Do?" something i ask myself quite often in the studio.

That said, perhaps the State Department believes Felix is the safe choice because, although his work is political... he is dead. He died in 1996, right around the time one Governor Bush was cutting his political teeth with ideas like “Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”

There will be no finger pointing this time, not that felix would have done that anyway... what made him brilliant was that he never had to.

It will be interesting to see what he can bring to us from the great beyond. i guess it has been said that work will be realized from a sketch felix made... i dunno. But i really hope they get it right.

Anyway, this interview says it all.