Gabriel Orozco was born in 1962 in Jalapa Veracruz, Mexico. He lives and works in Paris, Mexico and New York.
Cemetery - Gabriel Orozco - 2002
Photograph
« In the show [Documenta 11, Kassel, 2002] I did try to make connections with the photographs that I took in Mali in July. I did this trip to Mali for three weeks and I took some photographs that are connected with the work. And they are very different, but there are some connections like the cemetery of Timbukutu which I found in the trip. I found this cemetery because I was interested in the pottery and the ceramics. When I did this trip to Mali in Africa the reason was to search for ceramics traditions, to understand, to learn, to enjoy what they do because it's a great tradition in Mali. And then I discovered this cementery in Timbuktu. It's interesting how the work takes you to discover places that you would never discover if it's not because you were doing this work. So that connection between what you do and what you discover afterwards is very interesting. In this aspect, in the show, you have these tables with these ceramics on one side. And on the other, on the walls, you have these photographs of Mali. There isn't a direct connection. But there is something that is evidently the same person who is interested in these things. And there are many reasons for that ».
