Gabriel Orozco

   

   

 Gabriel Orozco is a Mexican artist who was born on April 27, 1962. Orozco was born in Veracruz Mexico, and was an artist by birthright. His Father, Mario Orozco, was a mural painter and an art professer at the Veracruz University. Although being apart of an already artistic family, Gabriel still attend the Nation School of Plastic Arts and at the Circulo de Bellas Artes, two very renowned art schools in Mexico and Spain respectively. As you can tell, Gabriel moved around a lot and this way of life would start to influence his art style. In some ways his art almost seemed like it was trying to not be apart of mainstream art, and he always did the opposite of what mainstream artists would do. An example of this would be how he would usually work alone or with only a handful of assistants while many other artists during the time would usually have sets full of assistants. Gabriel still is an active member of the artistic community and has come out with a few pieces within the last few years. I am actually a pretty big fan of his artwork because of how unique he was for his time. A lot of his art seems to depict a deeper meaning that even I can't decipher sometimes and I like that because it allows for a greater interpretation among viewers for his art style.