{"data":{"id":"16348","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":16348,"topgoose_id":17802,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":16348,"title":"Felix Partz, June 5, 1994","display_artist_text":"AA Bronson","display_date":"1994/1999","accession_number":"2003.268","dimensions":"Overall: 84 × 168 in. (213.4 × 426.7 cm)","medium":"Inkjet print on vinyl","department":"collection","classification":"Photographs","credit_line":"Gift of Mark J. Krayenhoff van de Leur","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":"AP | Ed. 3","publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAA Bronson, \u003cem\u003eFelix Partz, June 5, 1994\u003c/em\u003e, 1994/1999. Inkjet print on vinyl, overall: 84 × 168 in. (213.4 × 426.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mark J. Krayenhoff van de Leur 2003.268. © 1999 AA Bronson\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eAA Bronson’s \u003ci\u003eFelix Partz, June 5, 1994 \u003c/i\u003edepicts its subject just a few hours after his death from AIDS-related illness. Positioned as if to receive visitors, Partz’s ravaged figure was so emaciated upon dying that his eyes could not be closed, and they stare at us hauntingly from hollow sockets. Yet his ashen body is surrounded by brightly colored bedding and clothing as well as tokens of comfort such as a remote control, cigarettes, and his beloved tape recorder. These personal effects bespeak joy and compassion in the face of a harrowing death, which Partz’s dear friend Bronson memorialized with both unflinching candor and great sensitivity. In printing Partz’s portrait in the manner of a commercial billboard, Bronson referred to their past work as members of the art collaborative General Idea, while also creating a startling monument that forces us to confront our often repressed feelings about our own mortality. “We need to remember,” Bronson said, “that the diseased, the disabled, and, yes, even the dead walk among us. They are part of our community, our history, our continuity.”\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"A man lies in bed under patterned blankets with colorful pillows and a TV remote nearby.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T17:40:37.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:01:24.970-05:00","images":[{"id":104247,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/16348/2003_268_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"8039","type":"artist"}]}}}}