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This exhibition is curated by artist Gabriel Orozco, who is best-known in the international scene. In the press information on the project, Orozco makes mention of his years of cooperation with the invited artists. Four of them come from Mexico, as he himself does; Jimmie Durham lived there for eight years.
Orozco sees his curatorial practice limited to establishing rules of the game. These are: no walls, no pedestals, no vitrines, no video, no photographs...
The game itself is based on the transformation of everyday objects. Orozco justifies his decision for these artists in stating that their work, through the "irony of thinking, the immediate gesture, the fragility of intimacy, and the meticulous violence of transforming the familiar," is relevant for the understanding of a powerful tendency in today's art practice.
Text by the curator
including biographical data about the artists (press information)
See also in Universes in Universe:
Gabriel Orozco
* 1962 Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Lives in Mexico-City, New York and Paris.
more info & photos
Abraham Cruzvillegas
* 1968 Mexico City; lives there.
more info & photos
Jimmie Durham
* 1940 Washington, Arkansas, USA. Lives in Rome, Italy.
more info & photos
Daniel Guzmán
* 1964 Mexico City; lives there.
more info & photos
Damián Ortega
* 1967 Mexico City; lives there.
more info & photos
Mexico: Art
The visual arts of Mexico in Universes in Universe.
Mexico: Artist's index
The artists from Mexico in Universes in Universe.
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