Girlz on the hood Jun 24, 2008
Lots of artists have worked with cars - from the French artist C;sar to Gustav Metzger, from Sarah Lucas to Gabriel Orozco to Joseph Beuys. There's another automobile-cum-altar in the centre of another room in this show, and a real Buick 1987 Regal, whose entire body has been covered in a vinyl wrapping of images of hot young babes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Heron's colors obliterate figure and ground Feb 10, 2008
His ideas, more stabilized by the camera than realized by it, flow in a vein that connects artists such as Will Rogan, Gabriel Orozco and Francis Als, nice company if you can get into it. Patrick Heron: Drawing Space in Color: Paintings on canvas and paper; Brian Wall: Sculpture and drawings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tate pockets oval Billiard table Sep 23, 2007
The artwork, Carambole with Pendulum, was created by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco in 1996. "The shape and lack of pockets deny the traditional function of a games table while drawing attention to its visual qualities," said the Tate. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The taming of the hue Jun 7, 2007
Tate curators,seeking to expand their Latin American collection beyond small pockets of Op-Art and kinetic pieces, made their first contemporary acquisition (a piece by Gabriel Orozco) in 1999. But it was after Tate Modern opened in 2000 that attention was really focused and a committee responsible for Latin American acquisitions was set up. (Times Online)
