Politécnico Nacional is Gabriel Orozco's first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006. Curated by Briony Fer, it intertwines techniques that the artist has developed over the years, such as the ability to rotate, the concept of symmetry and the possibility of giving materiality to time.

Orozco developed his working method in the early 1990s, choosing local and accessible materials, often found or prefabricated, to create spontaneous sculptures and photographs. These fortuitous finds allowed his work to be permeated by the place where it was created.

The exhibition presents a wide spectrum of different types of works by bringing together practices that in many cases would be considered contradictory. It includes around 300 works that the artist has produced during his career, from small sculptures to complex installations, between photography and drawing, accompanied by painting, sculpture, assemblages and games. The exhibition is not categorical, as it corresponds to a turning point and an opportunity to review Orozco’s current artistic panorama. For this, it is important to contemplate how the multiple strands of his practice have grown and interwoven in a constantly innovative way.

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