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gabriel orozco
gabriel orozco is a mexican artist. he studied at the escuela nacional de artes plásticas between 1981 and 1984 and at the circulo de bellas artes in madrid between 1986 and 1987. orozco gained his reputation in the early 1990s with his exploration of drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. in 1998 francesco bonami called him "one of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too." within the past fifteen years orozco has also created work in the medium of painting.an avid world traveler, orozco, his wife maria gutierrez, and their son simón, divide their…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of gabriel orozco's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
