When you walk into the Whitney, you will be faced with this tall, wide, and blue elevator where it takes you to the 6th floor. Located on the 6th floor of the Whitney Museum, a painting that almost took up the size of the wall with a lifeless aura around it. The painting is called Felix Partz, June 5, 1994, by the artist A.A. Bronson. The painting features a deadly, skinny man with brown hair and brown bread dressed in a black and white collar shirt that looks far too big for him. Lying down on a polka dot bed with a black and red plaid blanket over his lower body, the man, Felix Partz stares ahead into the distance with his hollowed-eyes. His cheeks were sucked in due to the contraction of AIDS, his mouth slightly opened. There are many colors in the background surrounding him; the yellow, blue, red, purple pillows, but the sullen look on his face makes the colors look so dull. The painting depicted Felix Partz few hours before he passed away and A.A. Bronson wanted to show that even when one is near its deathbed, they are still part of us. A.A. Bronson was very detailed with the colors and had a special way of painting. If one looks closely, you can see that this painting was painted by dotting the colors on. Looking specifically at the polka dot bed sheets, each circle is created by dotting the colors, CMYK on top of each other. It is really intriguing, as you take a step closer to examine the colors on the canvas. The colors that lay on top of each other to create another color.
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