Gabriel Orozco

(American/Mexican, born 1962)

Gabriel Orozco is widely regarded as one of the most influential contemporary artists of his generation. Employing a diverse practice that includes installation, sculpture, painting, and photography, Orozco’s work is characterized by its focus on reinterpreting everyday objects. In his seminal Horses Running Endlessly (1993), the artist presents what at first appears to be a normal chessboard but is in fact alien, custom made to have four tones instead of two, twice as many squares, and only knights as players. “What is most important is not so much what people see in the gallery or the museum, but what people see after looking at these things, how they confront reality again,” he has said. Born on April 27, 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, his father was the Mexican muralist Mario Orozco Rivera. Through his father, Gabriel Orozco was exposed to the world of galleries and artists at a young age, and he went on to study at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. He has been the subject of several major exhibitions, including a 2009 mid-career retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York which went travelled to the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and finally the Tate Modern in London. He currently lives and works between Mexico City, Mexico, New York, NY, and Paris, France. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others.

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Galleries

With Outposts in Mexico City and New York, the Influential Gallery Kurimanzutto Celebrates 25 Years

by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei
With Outposts in Mexico City and New York, the Influential Gallery Kurimanzutto Celebrates 25 Years
People

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by William Van Meter
We Followed Bertha González Nieves, the World’s First 'Maestra Tequilera,' Through an Art-Packed Week in Mexico City
Market

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Gabriel Orozco Artworks

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Gabriel Orozco (500 results)
'Drained Pot', 1990

Gabriel Orozco

'Drained Pot', 1990

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Love Affair, 2000

Gabriel Orozco

Love Affair, 2000

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Oroxxo Dollar, 2017

Gabriel Orozco

Oroxxo Dollar, 2017

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Roots through sidewalk, 2010

Gabriel Orozco

Roots through sidewalk, 2010

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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El origen de la desigualdad entre los hombres, 1990

Gabriel Orozco

El origen de la desigualdad entre los hombres, 1990

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Chalma, 1992

Gabriel Orozco

Chalma, 1992

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Pinched VI, 1997

Gabriel Orozco

Pinched VI, 1997

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Pinched VII, 1997

Gabriel Orozco

Pinched VII, 1997

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Pinched IV, 1997

Gabriel Orozco

Pinched IV, 1997

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Melted Popsicle, 1993

Gabriel Orozco

Melted Popsicle, 1993

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Light through Leaves (for Parkett 48), 1996

Gabriel Orozco

Light through Leaves (for Parkett 48), 1996

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Black Kites Perspective (Top), 1997–2008

Gabriel Orozco

Black Kites Perspective (Top), 1997–2008

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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20.1.22 (d) #11, 2022

Gabriel Orozco

20.1.22 (d) #11, 2022

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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29.I.22 (e) #19, 2022

Gabriel Orozco

29.I.22 (e) #19, 2022

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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21.I.22 (a) #13, 2022

Gabriel Orozco

21.I.22 (a) #13, 2022

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Flan Poles, 2000

Gabriel Orozco

Flan Poles, 2000

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Star Caps, 2001

Gabriel Orozco

Star Caps, 2001

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Blackbord #3, 1997

Gabriel Orozco

Blackbord #3, 1997

Sale Date: September 24, 2023

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Oroxxo Dollar, 2017

Gabriel Orozco

Oroxxo Dollar, 2017

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Rolling Life's Hand Line, 2003

Gabriel Orozco

Rolling Life's Hand Line, 2003

Sale Date: July 26, 2023

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Isadora's Necklace, 2003

Gabriel Orozco

Isadora's Necklace, 2003

Sale Date: July 26, 2023

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Obit: 'Developer of Math Theories of Voting', 2008

Gabriel Orozco

Obit: 'Developer of Math Theories of Voting', 2008

Sale Date: July 26, 2023

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Petite Flower (3), 2003

Gabriel Orozco

Petite Flower (3), 2003

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Descending, 2002

Gabriel Orozco

Descending, 2002

Sale Date: July 18, 2023

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