Born on April 27, 1962, (tomorrow) in Veracruz, Gabriel Orozco was the son of muralist, Mario Orozco Rivera (see blog post from January 19). After studying at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas in Mexico and then in Madrid at Circulo de Bella's Artes, he became a photographer and sculptor, focusing on installations. He has been described as "one of the most influential artists of the decade".
He married, fathered a son, and the family currently splits their time between Mexico City, Paris and New York.
His work centers on several themes, joining the common everyday object (for instance an orange) with real life. The technique encourages the viewer to experience the object in an imaginative way. "What is most important is not so much what people see in the gallery...but what they see after looking at these things, how they confront reality again." The installations have been set up in various gallery spaces in Mexico, New York, Paris, Brazil, etc.
One such "sculpture" created in 1991 is My Hands are my Heart where Orozco used his hands to press a small blob of clay into a heart shape. The forming action and then resultant heart have been photographed close to the artist's own bare chest, creating the artwork.
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