Gabriel Orozco
Untitled
Lot closes
June 7, 03:35:00 AM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 USD
Starting Bid
30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gabriel Orozco
b. 1962
Untitled
Executed in 2022.
Gouache, tempera, ink and graphite on paper
Set of 2, each: 6.5 x 4.72 in (16.5 x 12 cm)
Framed: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 1 5/8 in (45 x 45 x 4 cm
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Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City/New York
The multidisciplinary practice of Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962, Jalapa, Mexico; lives in Mexico City, Mexico; New York, NY; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan) invites viewers to forge unconventional associations between quotidian materials. In each of these untitled works, he explores the mark-making potential of organic matter. Spontaneity and change are central themes within the artist’s practice, which is informed by his nomadic lifestyle and by the legacies of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp’s readymades, and artistic traditions from Mexico. In 1994, the MCA presented the solo exhibition Options 47: Gabriel Orozco, and has shown his work in group exhibitions, including Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago (2020) and The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology (2013–14). Orozco’s work also resides in the MCA Collection. Additional solo exhibitions of his work have been presented by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.