B.K. I
Artist
Gabriel Orozco
(Mexican, born 1962)
Date2004
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 7 3/4 in. (27.9 × 19.7 cm)
Support: 12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Support: 12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of John Robertshaw III, 2014
Object number2014.7.5
DescriptionFrontal view of human skull with pattern of squares drawn on it in graphite.Text Entries
The piece was received framed and should be examined for additional information when unframed.
This photograph presents a view of Orozco’s sculpture Black Kites (graphite on human skull), created in 1997 for the contemporary art festival Documenta X in Kassel, Germany. The organic irregularities of the human skull contrasts with the precise, geometric form imposed upon it by the artist. The obvious wear and yellowing of the skull – having survived a lifetime of use by its inhabitant – also contrasts with the black regularity of the grid the artist attempts to apply over its uneven surface.
The photograph was received by the museum framed. After being on display in the exhibition Hunting + Gathering the piece was unframed for storage purposes. It was decided by the Collections staff at the time of un-framing to dispose of the frame and it was properly discarded.
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