Visual arts were a foreign language to me until I took the course FACS 1900 Arts and Ideas taught by Professor Robert Gill two years ago. Striving to be a songwriter, I understand the importance of connections between various artistic disciplines. While in Arts and Ideas, I got to know this incredible artist - Gabriel Orozco.
Orozco said he does not have a fixed studio; he works anywhere as long as he feels comfortable. He loves walking and taking pictures of anything simple or sophisticated. While taking pictures of candid nature, he might change the setting by rearranging the items and background - trying to create an "unnatural" yet thought provoking scene. In this sense, he is like a photographer in a studio, but he just improvises anything while he is walking on a street taking pictures. The process of walking, seeing, modifying, and taking pictures becomes so intimate to the artist himself, and also to us as viewers.
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