Gabriel Rico - OMR

Gabriel Rico

Lagos de Moreno, Mexico, 1980
Lives and works in Guadalajara, Mexico

Describing himself as an “ontologist with a heuristic methodology,” Rico interrelates found objects and materials, reworking them to create sculptures that invite the viewer to reflect on the relation between human beings and their natural environment. He sometimes uses neon, ceramics, taxidermy mounts, branches of trees, and even more personal objects from his own past to create an equation or formulation, achieving a precise geometry in spite of the unwieldy organic nature of his materials. Rico’s installations combine natural and anti-natural forms, handled poetically and ironically, with an insistence on the necessary contemplation of their asymmetry, as well as of our own cultural and political defects.

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IV from the series -Unity & Uniformity (La Mitla de herétiques), 2019

Hand-cut brass & two natural feathers

124 1/8 x 128 x 1 5/8 in

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The second cause is meant to be an explanation of the first (Nopal), 2020

Canvas with embroidered thread (Traditional huichol technique)

39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 2 in

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Treinta y dos, 2019

Mix of different objects, rock & branches

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El horóscopo de Jesús (Melt marble biznaga), 2021

Biznaga: Rouge France marble; eye: Extremoz light marble Portugal origin; apple: Ruivina marble Portugal origin; baseball ball: Green marble Guatemala origin; light bulb: Brecha Tavira marble Portugal origin; zero: Extremoz pink marble Portugal origin & sand.

Biznaga: 25 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 27 1/8 in Biznaga Weight: 200 kg. approx. Eye, lamp, apple an zero weight: 50 kg. approx.

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Fish begin to stink by the head (Tsar Bomb), 2021

TV screen, corrugated steel rod, volcanic rock, plastic anatomical skeleton, hand-painted ceramic & found object mix

76 3/4 x 23 5/8 x 43 1/4 in

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To be preserved without scandal and corruption (FRIDGE), 2022

Refrigerator, chains, millstones, taxidermy & various objects

Variable dimensions Weight: 130 kg. approx.

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To compound the small differences (WHITE UNIVERSAL WEB), 2023

Beads on wooden board coated with epoxic resin

33 1/2 x 59 x 2 3/8 in

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The second cause is meant to be an explanation of the first (I have anticipated you V), 2022

Cotton yarn on wooden board coated with beeswax

39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 2 in

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$, 2016

Ceramic hand painted

23 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 11 1/8 in

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Gabriel Rico | To Compound The Small Differences

2023

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