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By Regina Sienra on February 5, 2025
Installation view of the exhibition “Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional.” Museo Jumex, 2025.
Photo: Gerardo Landa & Eduardo López (GLR Estudio).
For over 40 years, Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco has defied what it means to create art. These reflections have not only shaped his creations, but also how they are brought to life, and in turn, how they engage with the world around them, blurring the lines between art and object. A new exhibition at Mexico City’s Museo Jumex offers Orozco a playground to showcase the myriad of disciplines and strategies he has explored throughout four decades of work.
The exhibit, titled Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional, marks the artist’s first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006—his most recent shows in the country had taken place in galleries. While it is being regarded as the biggest retrospective of Orozco’s work, he doesn’t see it as such. Instead, he defines it as a compilation, a “layered landscape” where smaller pieces, such as drawings and photographs—lesser-known mediums of Orozco’s work—mingle with large-scale works. The title is a nod to the many techniques, interests, and travels he has had throughout his life.
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