http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90639/gabriel-orozco-isla-en-la-isla-island-within-an-island-1993 ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Gabriel Orozco, <i>Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island)</i> (1993) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90639/gabriel-orozco-isla-en-la-isla-island-within-an-island-1993 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90639/gabriel-orozco-isla-en-la-isla-island-within-an-island-1993 Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Gabriel Orozco, <i>Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island)</i> (1993)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Walker Art Center</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2000</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/>The majority of Gabriel Orozco's work results from slight interventions in or interactions with his immediate environment, whether that be a supermarket, a beach, the streets of a rural village, or an urban landscape. He freely references earlier artistic practices--most notably Arte Povera's recycling of prosaic materials, Minimalism's strict geometries and seriality, post-Minimalism's casual compositions, and Earth Art's exploration of sites far beyond the confines of the gallery--making it impossible to reduce his art to one tradition or one line of inquiry. <i>Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island)</i> is a double landscape: one a desolate view of Manhattan from New Jersey with the skyline outlined against a cloudy sky; and, in the foreground, a mini-tableau Orozco made to mimic that view using the materials he found on-site. His rudimentary and somewhat drab depiction seems to mock the importance this city of cities has claimed for itself as an international center of art and global politics. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90639/gabriel-orozco-isla-en-la-isla-island-within-an-island-1993 The majority of Gabriel Orozco's work results from slight interventions in or interactions with his immediate environment, whether that be a supermarket, a beach, the streets of a rural village, or an urban landscape. He freely references earlier artistic practices--most notably Arte Povera's recycling of prosaic materials, Minimalism's strict geometries and seriality, post-Minimalism's casual compositions, and Earth Art's exploration of sites far beyond the confines of the gallery--making it impossible to reduce his art to one tradition or one line of inquiry. Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island) is a double landscape: one a desolate view of Manhattan from New Jersey with the skyline outlined against a cloudy sky; and, in the foreground, a mini-tableau Orozco made to mimic that view using the materials he found on-site. His rudimentary and somewhat drab depiction seems to mock the importance this city of cities has claimed for itself as an international center of art and global politics." type="image/jpeg" />The majority of Gabriel Orozco's work results from slight interventions in or interactions with his immediate environment, whether that be a supermarket, a beach, the streets of a rural village, or an urban landscape. He freely references earlier artistic practices--most notably Arte Povera's recycling of prosaic materials, Minimalism's strict geometries and seriality, post-Minimalism's casual compositions, and Earth Art's exploration of sites far beyond the confines of the gallery--making it impossible to reduce his art to one tradition or one line of inquiry. Isla en la Isla (Island within an Island) is a double landscape: one a desolate view of Manhattan from New Jersey with the skyline outlined against a cloudy sky; and, in the foreground, a mini-tableau Orozco made to mimic that view using the materials he found on-site. His rudimentary and somewhat drab depiction seems to mock the importance this city of cities has claimed for itself as an international center of art and global politics." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright 2000 Walker Art CenterWalker Art Center