Gabriel Orozco: Photogravity [Hardcover]

Ann Temkin (Author), Gabriel Orozco (Author), David Sylvester (Contributor)

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Publication Date: March 2, 2000

Essay by Ann Temkin.

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About the Author

Gabriel Orozco was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1962, and is currently based in New York City. Major exhibitions include Empty Club (London), Free Market is Anti-Democratic (New York), as well as a show at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1998. His work will be the subject of a retrospective at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in Summer 2000.

Ann Temkin is curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art (March 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876331282
• ISBN-13: 978-0876331286
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,391,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars journal entries, June 7, 2000

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This review is from: Gabriel Orozco: Photogravity (Hardcover)

I really like Gabriel Orozcos work, especially the photographs that document his more ephemeral pieces that he makes in locations around the world that are outside of an artworld context. The pictures in this book are the next best thing to seeing the things in person which is virtually impossible unless you hang out with Orozco. The bonus in this book is that there are excerpts from his journals that show that he may not be the conceptual artist he is often labeled as, but actually has a very poetic and abstract sensibility. His quotes from Borges and John Cage are very illuminating. This book combined with the new book from his MOCA retrospective give a very complete picture of Orozco.