Reducción objetiva orquestada is part of an ongoing series of non-mathematical equations. which the artist began in 2015. Fusing natural elements with kitsch objects, Gabriel Rico composes formulas whose numbers and symbols are substituted with a carefully selected group of found and man-made objects. Like Surrealist objet d’art, the work’s meaning is found through the relationship between the disparate materials and their connection to the human condition.
"Gabriel Rico’s formulas are brief and precise expressions to make, solve or achieve something concrete. Thus, they are processes helping to resolve problems or carry out tasks with a series of symbols and rules. The big difference between mathematical formulas and Rico’s is that our artist’s symbols are ‘things’; objects steeped in value for being real by their very nature. Therefore, these applications are not intended to be a symbolic or abstract representation of a real being but the synthesis or fusion of things that exist on the material plane. Here, we are reversing the traditional process of representation, experimenting with absurd procedures, then, instead of ignoring reality, taking the physical nature of these objects and combining them to see what happens. " - Patrick Charpenel, Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio, New York