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Gabriel Orozco's Mobile Matrix installation at MoMA features graphite on whale skeleton

exhibition · 2026-04-22

Gabriel Orozco's 2006 work Mobile Matrix was installed at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The piece consists of graphite applied to a gray whale skeleton measuring 77-1/4 inches by 35 feet 8 ¾ inches by 104-¾ inches. A photograph of the installation was taken by Charles Watlington. The work was previously displayed at Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City. This information was published on artcritical.com on April 29, 2010.

Key facts

  • Gabriel Orozco created Mobile Matrix in 2006
  • The work is graphite on a gray whale skeleton
  • Dimensions are 77-1/4" x 35' 8 ¾" x 104-¾"
  • Installed at The Museum of Modern Art in New York
  • Previously shown at Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City
  • Photographed by Charles Watlington
  • Published on artcritical.com on April 29, 2010
  • The work is an installation piece

Entities

Artists

  • Gabriel Orozco
  • Charles Watlington

Institutions

  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
  • artcritical

Locations

  • New York
  • United States
  • Mexico City
  • Mexico

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