A JOURNEY THROUGH GABRIEL OROZCO'S TRAJECTORY AT THE JUMEX MUSEUM
From February 1 to August 3, 2025, Museo Jumex presents Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional (Gabriel Orozco: National Polytechnic), the artist's first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006; this survey explores key themes in the practice of the Mexican artist, who has constantly challenged what art can be and how it can be made.
The exhibition sets up a playing field to show how Orozco has developed multiple techniques and strategies throughout a significant career that began in the early 1990s. “By observing his entire body of work, one can see how many of the interests he developed as a young artist continue to drive his practice today. The question of what it means to make a move in a game—and to imagine art as a series of movements or plays that will lead in unpredictable directions—continues to fuel his work,” explained Briony Fer, curator of the exhibition.
In Politécnico Nacional, the spaces of the museum become a multi-layered apparatus that create connections, not only showing how the artist’s early works relate to his more recent projects but also exploring the link between art and the world of everyday objects we inhabit. Air, earth, and water, rather than transcendent and immutable essences, become elements for thinking. In the process, Orozco initiates a cosmology of matter and objects, always in motion, always in circulation.
“His ability to challenge our understanding of art—whether through subtle sculptures or monumental projects—continues to surprise and captivate us. Orozco’s work transcends borders, and it is an honor to share with the public this varied collection of works, a testament to his decades-long commitment to reimagining the possibilities of contemporary art,” said Eugenio López, president of the Fundación Jumex.
The Politécnico Nacional exhibition covers a variety of media—including sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, and installation—as well as his architectural projects and designs for gardens, parks, and bridges. The exhibition presents approximately 300 works, including canonical pieces such as Cuatro bicicletas (Siempre hay una dirección) (1994), Dark Wave (2006), and La DS (Cornaline) (2013), which established him as one of the most prominent artists of his generation.
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Visión y presencia will be held from January 22 to December 10, 2025 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Paseo del Prado, 8, Madrid (Spain).
