Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006
New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Gabriel Orozco: Free Market is Anti-Democratic, November 24, 1998–January 9, 1999
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Kunstmuseum Basel; Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; London, Tate Modern, Gabriel Orozco, December 13, 2009–May 2, 2011, p. 244 (installation view of another example illustrated, p. 136)
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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