“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) [clocks installation]

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“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) is a minimalist conceptual installation by Felix Gonzalez-Torres featuring two nearly identical, side-by-side clocks that poignantly evoke themes of love, time, and mortality.

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instanceOf art installation ⓘ
conceptual artwork ⓘ
contemporary artwork ⓘ
minimalist artwork ⓘ
artForm conceptual art ⓘ
installation ⓘ
associatedWith AIDS crisis ⓘ
queer art ⓘ
color white clocks ⓘ
conceptualInstruction allow clocks to fall out of sync over time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Felix Gonzalez-Torres ⓘ
depicts intimacy ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
time ⓘ
displayRequirements clocks initially synchronized ⓘ
two identical clocks hung side by side ⓘ
exhibitionPractice can be re-fabricated according to artist’s instructions ⓘ
genre installation art ⓘ
hasPart two clocks ⓘ
hasTitleQualifier Perfect Lovers ⓘ
inception early 1990s ⓘ
interpretedAs metaphor for a couple’s shared life ⓘ
metaphor for inevitable separation ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location various museum collections ⓘ
materialUsed battery-powered clocks ⓘ
medium clocks ⓘ
wall clocks ⓘ
movement Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
notableFor emotional resonance with minimal means ⓘ
use of everyday objects ⓘ
notableWorkOf Felix Gonzalez-Torres ⓘ
numberOfComponents 2 ⓘ
orientation side-by-side horizontal arrangement ⓘ
style minimalist ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
fragility of life ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
romantic partnership ⓘ
synchronization and desynchronization ⓘ
title “Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) ⓘ
yearOfWork 1991 ⓘ

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