Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms

Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2012

This colorful installation of meticulously sorted objects consists entirely of objects found on the beaches of Baja, Mexico, along frequent whale migration routes. Broken down into typologies, a visual catalog emerges serving as a commentary on the ecological impact of our industrial world. Photographs of the objects surrounded the piece, along with a second, adjacent installation of tiny objects retrieved from a recreational field in Manhattan. The shift in scale and site further amplifies the universal message of the natural world and our place in it.

Installation views: Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms, November 9, 2012–January 13, 2013, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Photographs: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Curatorial: Nancy Spector and Joan Young
Exhibition Design: Jaime Krone
Links: www.guggenheim.org

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