Exhibition: Gabriel Orozco “La DS” in Basel, Paris, London

S. Joest ACI Communications — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:59 +0000

Gabriel Orozco is a Mexican artist, called “one of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too.” Many of Orozco’s works – which are often created specifically for the occasion of an exhibition – have become indisputable classics of 1990s art. Among the works on display is one of Gabriel Orozco’s most famous works, “La DS” (1993), a silver Citroën DS that has been sliced into three pieces lengthwise. The middle section was removed and the two remaining pieces were reassembled as a one seater. The result is an arrow-like car / sculpture, with a width 63.5 cm less than the original.

Gabriel Orozco was born 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. He studied at Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Mexico City), and at Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid). He has participated in the Venice Biennale in 1993, 2003, and 2005, the Whitney Biennial in 1995 and 1997, as well as Documenta X (1997) and Documenta XI (2002).

During these months, an exhibition will tour through Europe, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collaboration with Kunstmuseum Basel (18 April 2010 – 8 August 2010), Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (10 September 2010 – 11 Januar 2011) and Tate Modern, London (19 Januar – 25 April 2011). This exhibition will provide the opportunity for many of these to be seen for the first time from the MoMA New York and combine them with rich selections of work from Orozco’s vast body of smaller objects, paintings, and works on paper.

Some video documentary around Gabriel Orozco can be found here: www.truveo.com

And more pictures over here: yatzer.com

We thank our Dutch ACI colleague Hans Kloos for sharing the info about Gabriel Orozco with us. Share your pictures from the exhibition with us, please!

90 Years Of Innovation in UK

S. Joest ACI Communications — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:03:43 +0000

Mick Popka from UK sent us his report from the island’s jubilee activities: The UK celebration of Citroen’s 90th Birthday was held at the world famous”Ace Cafe” in London http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/ …

Primary Organisation with Citroen UK was undertaken by the Citroen Car Club with representatives from both Deux Chevaux Club of Great Britain and the Traction Owners Club.

The event was held at 16:00 – 20:00 on Saturday 3rd October and saw a full range of vehicles attending from a "B" Series to a C4 WRC.

The Cafe, located on the North Circular Road, was a Citroen Dealer in the 1950′s and has many associations with motoring and the automobile.

The event was hosted on behalf of Citroen UK by Mike Brewer, a UK TV Motoring presenter.

Mike and his team produced a short film of the event for Citroen, which can be found here:

Citroen held a competition for the best cars on show, which was judged by the Motoring Expert, John Sinister. Awards were given and canapes and later hot food food were provided by Citroen to all attendees, together with a celebration plaque (attached).

Later in the evening a "Croisiere Blanche" (White Cruise) was held through the street of London with over 100 cars attending and this was followed by refreshments and vehicle viewings at Citroen’s West London Garage.

The motoring press in their following editions gave quite a lot of exposure to the event, some of which which can be viewed here, together with the Citroen Video of the event:

http://www.traction-owners.co.uk/social/2009/90th_Celebrations/90thcelebration.htm

Regards
Mick Popka
Webmonkey

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Exhibition: Gabriel Orozco “La DS” in Basel, Paris, London

90 Years Of Innovation in UK