Our friend, Nora, is a curator at the Museum of Modern Art. She brought us–and her lovely, soon-to-be niece, Elle–to the opening of the new Gabriel Orozco show last night. “Samurai Tree Invariants,” will be on display along with a general exhibition of Orozco’s work from December 13th through March 1st.
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How was it, what was it? More deets please. Especially interested int eh photos.
It was awesome. It didn't hurt that our friend who works for MoMA took us around and gave us a guided tour. Though it wasn't her show, she helped explain why a work was included in the collection and talked about his emphasis on small gestures.
Actually, I thought some of the photography was the most interesting. With mundane, everyday subjects he had managed to show exquisitely rich textures, shapes, and colors.
I was interested to learn that although he doesn’t like to be classified as a Mexican artist, he is the only Mexican-born artist to have a solo show at MoMA since Diego Rivera.
Beyond the art on the walls, MoMA events provide for excellent people watching. There is always a high concentration of lovely people showing off what they believe to be their most interesting fashion.