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JAPAN / Tokyo: Gabriel Orozco-Inner Cycles
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday May 10 2015

MOT - Museum of contemporary art Tokyo
T : +81-3-5245-4111
4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku
135-0022 Tokyo
Japan



Orozco finds objects discarded on the street or discovers beautiful shapes in mundane contexts and, by slightly altering them, transforms them into artworks. His new readings of things--reminiscent of the Japanese garden's use of rocks and sand to evoke flowing water--offer viewers the enjoyment of pondering and deciphering his works.

Orozco's universal sculptures, purified of regional or political character, and his photographs that appear like ordinary snapshots are indispensable to any discussion of '90s contemporary art. They are also artworks exerting a profound influence on young artists currently active in Japan.
In Orozco's view, all things in this world, natural or man-made, carry in them the time of their continual movement and transformation. Coming together, they separate again in endlessly reoccurring cycles. All things in the universe are in flux.

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