207 pages : 28 cm

The book is the most complete monograph of artist Orozco (b.Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico,1962) published to date, covering his career with a selection of his most representative works from the late 1980's to the present. Contents include essays by art historians Yve-Alain Bois and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh and a long interview by Briony Fer, where the artist shares his motivations and thoughts regarding conceptual art, culture and the philosophy behind his work. Benjamin H.D. Buchloh refers to the different forms of sculpture during the 20th century and the culture of market economy and their manifestations since the transformations to object-subject. Finally Yve-Alain Bois explores the recent return to painting of Orozco critically analyzing the formal and structural logic of his canvas. With a nomadic lifestyle and a permanent changing and varied artistic practice that includes sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, collage, painting and video, noted Orozco is an artist that defies any categorization

Publication accompanies the exhibition "Gabriel Orozco" organized by Alma Ruiz and presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 4-Aug. 20, 2000, Museo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2000-Feb. 4, 2001, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Feb. 22-May 27, 2001

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206)

Prólogo del director = Director's foreward / Jeremy Strick -- Prefacio = Preface / Rafael Tovar, Gerardo Estrada, Maria Teresa Marquez Diez-Canedo -- Agradicimientos = Acknowledgements / Alma Ruiz, Gabriel Orozco -- Introducción = Introduction / Alma Ruiz -- General Orozco : A manera de presentación = General Orozco : By way of introduction / Gabriel Kuir -- Gabriel Orozco : La escultura de la vida contidiana = Gabriel Orozco : The sculpture of every day living / Banjamin H.D. Buchloh -- El pájaro : Para principiantes = The bird : For beginners / Damian Ortega -- La tempestad = The tempest / Molly Nesbit -- G.O. Taller sin título = G.O. united workshop / Abraham Cruzvillegas

Publication accompanies the exhibition "Gabriel Orozco" organized by Alma Ruiz and presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 4-Aug. 20, 2000, Museo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2000-Feb. 4, 2001, and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, Feb. 22-May 27, 2001

Prologo del director = Director's foreward / Jeremy Strick -- Prefacio = Preface / Rafael Tovar, Gerardo Estrada, Maria Teresa Marquez Diez-Canedo -- Agradicimientos = Acknowledgements / Alma Ruiz, Gabriel Orozco -- Introduccion = Introduction / Alma Ruiz -- General Orozco : A manera de presentacion = General Orozco : By way of introduction / Gabriel Kuir -- Gabriel Orozco : La escultura de la vida contidiana = Gabriel Orozco : The sculpture of every day living / Banjamin H.D. Buchloh -- El pajaro : Para principiantes = The bird : For beginners / Damian Ortega -- La tempestad = The tempest / Molly Nesbit -- G.O. Taller sin titulo = G.O. united workshop / Abraham Cruzvillegas

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