id:			167665
accession number:	2009.343
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.343
updated:		2020-11-04 22:05:51.702000

Mapa estelar en árbol, 2009. Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962). Calcium sulfate (plaster), animal glue, graphite and mango tree trunk; overall: 72.6 x 69.7 x 40 cm (28 9/16 x 27 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2009.343 © Gabriel Orozco 

title:				Mapa estelar en árbol
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creation date:			2009
creation date earliest:		2009
creation date latest:		2009
current location:		229A Contemporary
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			© Gabriel Orozco 

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culture:	Mexico, 21st century
technique:	calcium sulfate (plaster), animal glue, graphite and mango tree trunk
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Gabriel Orozco (Mexican, b. 1962)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 72.6 x 69.7 x 40 cm (28 9/16 x 27 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	The work was made during the first months of the year 2009.  It was exhibited for the first time as part of Orozco's solo exhibition at Kurimanzutto gallery in Mexico City, which opened on April 25, 2009 (April 29 to the public) and closed on June 13th, 2009.  The work was put on hold for consideration of the Cleveland Museum of Art on April 26th, 2009.
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Orozco incorporates objects from urban and natural settings in his artwork. A fallen mango tree found in the state of Morelos in southern Mexico acts as the base for Mapa estelar en árbol. Indigenous inhabitants of Morelos use wood from mango trees for cooking and heating. Orozco has covered one side of the trunk with an even layer of animal glue, or gesso, on top of which he applied a layer of graphite that he fastidiously etched with a compass point. This process references an old master technique, one of many that Orozco has resurrected as part of his work.
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