Gabriel Orozco - New Now New York Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in December 2008

  • Exhibited

    New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Gabriel Orozco, May 6–June 14, 2008
    Seattle Art Museum, Everyday Poetics, November 18, 2017–June 17, 2018

  • Artist Biography

    Gabriel Orozco

    Mexican • 1954

    Gabriel Orozco's diverse practice, which includes sculpture, photography, painting and video, is centered on the rejection of the concept of a traditional studio. Alternatively, Orozco's conceptual process involves using quotidian objects as commentary on urban society. In the widely exhibited La DS (1993), Orozco cut a Citroën DS car into thirds, eliminating the central section and reconfiguring the remaining parts.

    Another important motif in Orozco's lexicon is that of the colored ellipses. In his seminal series, Samurai Tree Invariants, the artist employs fragmented colored circles as the basis for geometric compositions, exploring the movements made by a knight on a chessboard. These not only represent Orozco's conceptual practices but illustrate his interest in both the geometric and organic world.

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Plaster Paper (1)

graphite and plaster on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Executed in 2008.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for $15,120

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen

Head of Sale, New Now

212 940 1207

asemjen@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 9 March 2022