The Sculptures of Gabriel Orozco

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This paper provides a brief biography of Orozco, followed by an overview of his work with a particular focus on his sculpture, "Oval with Pendulum." A review of the sculpture's work is followed by a summary of the research and salient findings in the conclusion.

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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Orozco's "Oval with Pendulum"
Conclusion

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"According to Werner (1997), technological multimedia work has been increasingly popularized in recent years throughout Mexico by installation artist Gabriel Orozco (1594). Taking images from what is commonly encountered by people during their daily lives, this artist reformulates these images into thought-provoking sculptures that have attracted a great deal of attention from critics and the public alike. In this regard, Mattick (2003) reports that, "Contemporary art nevertheless remains flavored by the sentiment of distance from the culture of business, a distance central to the identity of art in its modern sense. There are artists whose work directly addresses the commercial operation of galleries, museums, and art fairs like Gabriel Orozco" (117)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Biography: Gabriel Orozco." (2007). Art 21: PBS.org. [Online]. Available: http://www. pbs.org/art21/artists/orozco/index.html.
• Iversen, Margaret. (2004). "Readymade, Found Object Photograph." Art Journal 63(2): 44.
• Joselit, David. (2000, September). "Gabriel Orozco." Artforum International 39(1): 17.
• Lovejoy, Margot. Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age. New York: Routledge, 2004.
• Mattick, Paul. Art & Its Time: Theories and Practices of Modern Aesthetics. New York: Routledge, 2003.

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