Museo Jumex</a> presents <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Museo-Jumex/"/Artist/Gabriel-Orozco/B7E0E5CB774BED75">Gabriel Orozco</a>’s first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006. Orozco is one of Mexico’s leading contemporary artists who has also been a definitive figure in international art for more than three decades, constantly challenging the concept of what art can be, how it is created and what it focuses on.</p><p>Orozco developed his working method in the early 1990s, choosing local and accessible materials, often found or prefabricated, to create spontaneous sculptures and photographs. These fortuitous finds allowed his work to be permeated by the place where it was created.</p><p>Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional has been organized by the artist in close collaboration with curator Briony Fer to trace lines of flight in Orozco’s practice. The exhibition intertwines techniques that the artist has developed over the years, such as the ability to rotate, the concept of symmetry and the possibility of giving materiality to time.</p><p>The exhibition presents a wide spectrum of different types of works by bringing together practices that in many cases would be considered contradictory. It includes around 300 works that the artist has produced during his career, from small sculptures to complex installations, between photography and drawing, accompanied by painting, sculpture, assemblages and games. The exhibition is not categorical, as it corresponds to a turning point and an opportunity to review Orozco’s current artistic panorama. For this, it is important to contemplate how the multiple strands of his practice have grown and interwoven in a constantly innovative way.</p><p><br></p>" itemprop="description" />
Museo Jumex is Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo’s main platform. It opened its doors to the public in November 2013 as an institution devoted to contemporary art, whose aim was not only to serve a broad and diverse public, but also to become a laboratory for experimentation and innovation in the arts. Through its exhibitions and public programs, Museo Jumex aspires to become a relevant institution in the field of art by producing and co-producing original exhibitions and research, familiarizing our audiences with the concepts and contexts that inform current art practice.
Current exhibitions
Museo Jumex</a> presents <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Museo-Jumex/"/Artist/Gabriel-Orozco/B7E0E5CB774BED75">Gabriel Orozco</a>’s first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006. Orozco is one of Mexico’s leading contemporary artists who has also been a definitive figure in international art for more than three decades, constantly challenging the concept of what art can be, how it is created and what it focuses on.</p><p>Orozco developed his working method in the early 1990s, choosing local and accessible materials, often found or prefabricated, to create spontaneous sculptures and photographs. These fortuitous finds allowed his work to be permeated by the place where it was created.</p><p>Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional has been organized by the artist in close collaboration with curator Briony Fer to trace lines of flight in Orozco’s practice. The exhibition intertwines techniques that the artist has developed over the years, such as the ability to rotate, the concept of symmetry and the possibility of giving materiality to time.</p><p>The exhibition presents a wide spectrum of different types of works by bringing together practices that in many cases would be considered contradictory. It includes around 300 works that the artist has produced during his career, from small sculptures to complex installations, between photography and drawing, accompanied by painting, sculpture, assemblages and games. The exhibition is not categorical, as it corresponds to a turning point and an opportunity to review Orozco’s current artistic panorama. For this, it is important to contemplate how the multiple strands of his practice have grown and interwoven in a constantly innovative way.</p><p><br></p>" />
Observer spoke with the artist on the occasion of the opening of "Politécnico Nacional" at Museo Jumex, the largest museum survey of works by the artist in his home country in decades.