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This book documents an ambitious exhibition of 336 seminal billboards created by Cuban-born artist FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996). Developed with special permission from the artist’s estate, In celebration of its 15th anniversary in 2010, Artpace (San Antonio, Texas) mounted the first-ever comprehensive survey of González-Torres’ billboard works in the US.
Situated in the public’s path in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, these artworks interrupted daily routines with poignant reflections on life, love, and humanity. The transcendent quality of Gonzalez-Torres’ work was magnified in the Texas landscape, and the project garnered international attention for its unprecedented commemoration of this remarkable body of work.