Gabriel Orozco.MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART This first full-scale US overview of the work of New York--based Mexican-born Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962) is "One of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too." - Francesco Bonami, Parachute, 1998. He was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and educated in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas between 1981 and 1984. will span media known (video, sculpture, photography, works on paper) and nameless (what do you call asking residents of an apartment building across from MOMA's Sculpture Garden A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently-sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. to put oranges on their windowsills?). According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the artist, what links the works--no matter how expanded the field--is the attempt to activate the space of interaction. The 100-piece survey, organized by Alma Ruiz (curator at both LA and Monterrey MOCAS MOCAS Mechanization Of Contract Administration Services ), will be accompanied by a catalogue with contributions from Benjamin Buchloh, Abraham Cruzvillegas, and Molly Nesbit. June 4-Sept. 3; Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2000-Feb. 4, 2001;Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Feb. 22- May 27,2001. |
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