Performance
Let's
Talk
[presented
at Felix Variations: Artists Respond to Felix Gonzales-Torres exhibition]
"In Let's Talk, Lori Gordon shares a loveseat and her full
attention with gallery visitors for at least an hour each day. The
artist is available to listen and discuss people's concerns, allowing
them to talk to her about anything on their minds. Her conversations
all end with a hug. This action seals each encounter, as the work
is motivated by an objective to make others feel better through
communicating positive energy with verbal and physical contact.
Gordon generously engages visitors in a way that draws from the
personal quality of Gonzales-Torres' work. These free, individual
conversations are reminiscent of Gonzales-Torres' various take-away
pieces that violate visitors' expectations about gallery protocol
with regards to the hands-off relationship to art objects. The informal
code of quietness in the public space of the gallery is broken here."
- Tanya Zimbardo
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