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Born 1962 Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Known for: Conceptual and installation art, painting, video and photography.
Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1962 and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City, and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. An avid... Read full biography
Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1962 and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City, and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. An avid traveler, Gabriel Orozco uses the urban landscape and the everyday objects found within it to twist... Read full biography
Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1962 and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City, and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. An avid traveler, Gabriel Orozco uses the urban landscape and the everyday objects found within it to twist conventional notions of reality and engage the imagination of the viewer. Orozco's interest in complex geometry and mapping find expression in works like the patterned human skull of Black Kites, the... Read full biography
Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1962 and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City, and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. An avid traveler, Gabriel Orozco uses the urban landscape and the everyday objects found within it to twist conventional notions of reality and engage the imagination of the viewer. Orozco's interest in complex geometry and mapping find expression in works like the patterned human skull of Black Kites, the curvilinear logic of Oval Billiard Table, and the extended playing field of the chessboard in Horses Running Endlessly. He considers philosophical problems, such as the concept of infinity, and evokes them in humble moments, as in the photograph Pinched... Read full biography
Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1962 and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City, and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. An avid traveler, Gabriel Orozco uses the urban landscape and the everyday objects found within it to twist conventional notions of reality and engage the imagination of the viewer. Orozco's interest in complex geometry and mapping find expression in works like the patterned human skull of Black Kites, the curvilinear logic of Oval Billiard Table, and the extended playing field of the chessboard in Horses Running Endlessly. He considers philosophical problems, such as the concept of infinity, and evokes them in humble moments, as in the photograph Pinched Ball, which depicts a deflated soccer ball filled with water. Matching his passion for political eng... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Assemblage
- •Colored Pencil
- •Egg Tempera
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Plaster
- •Tempera
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Humor, Whimsy
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
- •Spain and/or Portugal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Documenta, Kassel, Germany
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition