Pinched IV
About this artwork
Orozco’s ‘Pinched Stars’ were made by pinching together a small piece of wax between his thumb and forefinger. The resulting abstract shapes were scaled up by professional ceramicists and in turn cast in highly reflective aluminium. There is a perverse dislocation between the original gestural shape and the final semi-industrial process of production. Orozco is interested in the “the idea of enlargement of a gesture, the idea of blowing up production”. The twisted and contorted sculptures have a graceful, elegance to them alongside a strangeness that is both natural and fantastic.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Gabriel Orozco (born 1962) Mexican
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title:Pinched IV
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date created:1997
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materials:Cast aluminium
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measurements:32.00 x 29.00 x 29.00 cm
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credit line:Presented by the artist and Anthony d'Offay through Art Fund, 2011
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accession number:GMA 5145
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco
Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco is one of the most original artists of his generation. He works with a variety of unconventional material, often appropriating found objects which he alters, making us see them in a new way. Unusually, Orozco encourages interaction between the artwork and the viewer,...