Gabriel Orozco
Untitled
1992
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Gabriel Orozco
Untitled
1992
Physical Qualities
Collage of newsprint, black ink, toothpaste, spit, and transparent pressure-sensitive tape on paper, Sheet: 279 × 203 mm. (11 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Sidney M. Friedberg Acquisitions Endowment for Prints and Drawings
Object Number
2014.3
SPIT. Gabriel Orozco asks viewers to question the nature of drawing: in this case, can toothpaste mixed with saliva be used to create a work of art? Orozco works without a studio and chooses to let whatever items he finds nearby guide him and become his materials for artmaking. He is constantly attuned to his surroundings and the potential in ordinary objects; everything is possible in his creative process. Orozco splits his time between his native Mexico, Paris, and New York.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2014; Marian Goodman Gallery, NY; private collection
Ann Shafer, "On Paper: Spin, Crinkle, Pluck," April 19 - September 20, 2015.
Kristen Hileman, BMA, Contemporary Wing rotation, Gallery 5, January 10, 2018 - July 22, 2018.
Kristen Hileman, BMA, Contemporary Wing rotation, Gallery 5, January 10, 2018 - July 22, 2018.
