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Felix Gonzalez-Torres at locations around the world

This pile of foil-wrapped candy by late artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres pays homage to a sheet of gold – an artwork by Roni Horn that gave Gonzalez-Torres and his dying partner hope.  Intended to be taken by individual visitors, Gonzalez-Torres’ free sweets are a gesture of generosity and an expression both of pleasure and of loss as the pile of candies gradually dwindles.  Similarly, his ‘Untitled’ (Fortune Cookie Corner) from 1990 offers participants a positive message in the form of a fortune cookie, piles of which are currently installed from Buenos Aires to Beijing in hundreds of places, from parks to public kitchens, outside of museums and stores and in private homes.  Initiated by Andrea Rosen Gallery & David Zwirner Gallery, the New York Times suggests that the project “addresses the grief of today’s pandemic – just as it did the AIDS crisis.”  (On view through July 5th.)

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, installation view of “Untitled” (Placebo-Landscape – for Roni), candies individually wrapped in gold cellophane, endless supply, overall dimensions vary with installation, ideal weight: 1,200 lbs, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin, 1993.

Roni Horn at Hauser & Wirth Gallery

Roni Horn once said that glass can convey ‘the most ideal expression of color.’ In two same-but-different cast-glass sculptures at Chelsea’s Hauser & Wirth Gallery, a tranquil, blue form immediately invites visitors to draw near and marvel at the reflections of light on the water-like surface of a substance that is neither fully liquid nor solid. (On view through July 29th).

Roni Horn, Water Double, v. 1, solid cast glass with as-cast surfaces with oculus, 132.1cm/52 inches (height), 2013-15.

Roni Horn in ‘Space Between’ at FLAG Art Foundation

Ellsworth Kelly’s sleek forms – sometimes abstracted from nature – inspired FLAG Art Foundation’s summer group show and are seen in the background here. But Roni Horn’s ‘Pink Around (B),’ in the foreground is perfectly positioned to beautifully interact with nature, reflecting the sky and recording the changing light during the course of the day. (In Chelsea through August 14th).

Roni Horn, Pink Around (B), solid cast pink glass, 40 x 14 1/2 inches, 2008.

Roni Horn at Hauser & Wirth Gallery

Even inside a gallery, these pristine glass sculptures by American artist Roni Horn subtly change as the light from the skylights passes through them.  Their title references dreams while their surfaces resemble pools; they’re objects to transport you.  (At Hauser & Wirth Gallery through Jan 11th.  Check website for holiday season opening hours.)  

Roni Horn, Untitled (“A dream dreamt in a dreaming world is not really a dream…but a dream not dreamt is.”), solid cast glass with as-cast surfaces, 10 parts, unique (series 5), 2012.