Gabriel Orozco

"Gabriel Orozco … is the leading conceptual and installation artist of his generation." Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 2001

Gabriel Orozco's work has had a wide-reaching impact on contemporary art practice. It is varied in terms of its formal qualities and materials while rigorous in its conceptual underpinning and its relationship to everyday life. Known for his wanderings through many countries, in both urban and natural environments, Orozco (b. 1962) has worked without a studio since the late 1980s.

He has transformed found objects and situations through subtle but radical interventions and has created enigmatic and intimate works that reveal his thought processes. In both cases, he approaches his work with an openness towards materials, forms and situations that allows meticulous analysis as much as play, chance and spontaneity to infuse the work.

The Serpentine's exhibition – the first presentation of the artist's work in a public gallery in the United Kingdom since 1996 – is focused on specific themes and ideas that have been cornerstones of Orozco's career in order to reveal key aspects of his visual vocabulary.

The selection of works, made in close collaboration with the artist, articulates the rationale behind his working practice, which is based on the intermingling of geometric patterns and mechanical structures with organic and often handmade elements. Conceived as a complete environment for the Serpentine, the exhibition will feature a selection of both new and existing sculptures, drawings and photographs. Pressetext

Gabriel Orozco