Ballena (sculpture) by Gabriel Orozco
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Ballena is a large-scale whale skeleton sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, notable for its minimalist intervention on a real cetacean skeleton and its striking installation in Mexico City’s Biblioteca Vasconcelos.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ballena (sculpture) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | installation art ⓘ |
| artist | Gabriel Orozco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mexican contemporary art
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minimalist aesthetics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| creator | Gabriel Orozco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| depicts | whale skeleton ⓘ |
| displayedAs | hanging skeletal structure ⓘ |
| displayEnvironment | library atrium ⓘ |
| displayType | permanent installation ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Biblioteca Vasconcelos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | public art ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticApproach | minimal intervention on found object ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMedium |
animal remains
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bone ⓘ |
| hasAudience | library visitors ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Mexican public cultural institution ⓘ |
| hasDisplayCity | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpatialOrientation | suspended above library users ⓘ |
| hasTitleMeaning | Ballena means whale in Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | large-scale sculpture ⓘ |
| hasVisualImpact | striking installation in reading space ⓘ |
| installationContext | public library interior ⓘ |
| integratedInto | architecture of Biblioteca Vasconcelos ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | to provoke reflection on life, death, and knowledge ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Biblioteca Vasconcelos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
cetacean bones
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whale skeleton ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale skeletal structure
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minimalist intervention on a real cetacean skeleton ⓘ site-specific installation in a library ⓘ |
| partOf | art collection of Biblioteca Vasconcelos ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByArtist | Gabriel Orozco’s skeletal and found-object works ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | whale ⓘ |
| theme |
relationship between nature and culture
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scale and perception in architectural space ⓘ transformation of organic remains into art ⓘ |
| titleInLanguage | Ballena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesFoundObject | real cetacean skeleton ⓘ |
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