Gabriel Orozco
born 1962
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Gabriel Orozco (born April 20, 1962) is a Mexican artist. Orozco gained his reputation in the early 1990s with his exploration of drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. In 1998 Francesco Bonami called him "one of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too."
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Gabriel Orozco Samurai Tree (Invariant 5)
2005
Gabriel Orozco Until You Find Another Yellow Schwalbe
1995
Gabriel Orozco Carambole with Pendulum
1996
Gabriel Orozco [no title]
2002
Gabriel Orozco [no title]
2002
Gabriel Orozco [no title]
2002
Gabriel Orozco [no title]
2002
Gabriel Orozco [no title]
2002
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Gabriel Orozco at Tate Modern
The mexican artist is renowned for his endless experimentation with found objects
Features
Tate Papers
Index, Diagram, Graphic Trace: Involuntary Drawing
The graphic trace is a hybrid type of representation: it takes from the index a registration of something unique – an ...
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Now is for ever, again: The everyday
From Gabriel Orozco’s exhibition of yoghurt pot lids to Rirkrit Tiravanija’s transformation of a gallery into a kitchen to serve ...
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What am I looking at?: Gabriel Orozco III
A fellow artist celebrates several well-known works
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Tate Etc. issue 21: Spring 2011
Tate Etc. Issue 21: Visiting and revisiting Art, etcetera; online edition of Tate's magazine
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The early adventures: Gabriel Orozco I
Since it was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1993, Gabriel Orozco’s Empty Shoe Box has become one of ...
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Nothing works: The void
Marcel Duchamp’s phial of Paris air, Yves Klein’s The Void exhibition, Martin Creed’s Work No.227: The lights going on ...
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Where can I get a whale skeleton?: Gabriel Orozco II
In 2006 Gabriel Orozco installed an 11.7 metre grey whale skeleton in Mexico City’s José Vasconcelos Library. But ...
Tate Papers
Elasticity of Exhibition: Landmark Exhibitions Issue
This paper looks at a number of exhibitions planned and installed by artists from the late 1950s until the present ...
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But is it installation art?
What does the term ‘installation art’ mean? Does it apply to big dark rooms that you stumble into to watch ...
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The legacy of a myth maker: Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys is considered by some as the most important of the post-war period – a sculptor, performance artist, teacher and ...
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