Gabriel Orozco - 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction New York Monday, July 17, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

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

  • Exhibited

    New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Gabriel Orozco, May 6–June 14, 2008 (another example exhibited)

  • 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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archival inkjet print on Awagami paper
86 3/4 x 43 1/2 in. (220.3 x 110.5 cm)
Executed in 2008, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $6,350

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023