Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962)

Katagami is the Japanese craft of producing paper stencils specifically for dyeing textiles. By applying a visual filter of circles and axels to distort the photographs produced through his camera’s lens, Gabriel Orozco generates psychedelic surfaces that resemble views through a kaleidoscope in his Katagami series of 2001.

‘All art, in every part of the world, is made up of different “international” influences. They are found in every artistic movement in every period, because artists will always be inspired by what’s around them. At the end of the 19th century, the influence of Japanese art was decisive for the Impressionists, for example. Japanese art is very important for the West today, and for me, just as Zen Buddhism is. Hindu art has also been very important to me, since I was a child. These sweeping mixtures and interests are necessary for any artist’ G. Orozco.

Gabriel Orozco has exhibited internationally and was recently given two prominent solo shows – first at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2010 and then at Marian Goodman Gallery 2015. Furthermore, his sculptural work produced in conjunction with 6a Architects is now a permanent feature of South London Gallery’s sculpture park.