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Felix Gonzalez-TorresConceptual Art · Candies in variously colored wrappers, endless supplyFelix Gonzalez-Torres (1957–1996) was a Cuban-born American conceptual artist whose deceptively simple installations — piles of candy, stacks of paper, strings of lightbulbs, paired clocks — carry some of the most devastating emotional weight in contemporary art. He spent his final years in Miami, where he died of AIDS-related illness in 1996.From WillI saw this piece when visiting the Met Breuer in New York with a friend, and it was incredible and heartbreaking at the same time.View profile →