Francesc Torres

Francesc Torres (born 1948) is a Spanish artist based in New York whose practice since the early 1970s has addressed political violence, historical memory, militarism and the mechanisms of state power through installation, video and photography. Born in Barcelona under the Franco regime, Torres developed a practice in which found military objects, documentary imagery and spatial installation construct environments that examine war, ideology and collective trauma. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and he represented Spain at the Venice Biennale. Major projects include Da Capo and installations addressing the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.

  • The Power of the City / The City of Power, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992, front cover, aerial photograph of Manhattan, black-and-white, $5 retail sticker The Power of the City, Whitney ISP, 1992, pp. 18–19, Dennis Adams, Bus Shelter II, 1984–86; David Hammons, Bliz-aard Ball Sale, 1983, black-and-white

    THE POWER OF THE CITY / THE CITY OF POWER, Whitney ISP Papers No. 1, 1992

    THE POWER OF THE CITY / THE CITY OF POWER, Whitney ISP Papers No. 1, 1992