STATEMENT

William Gaber’s work addresses two central themes: on one hand, the human condition in its aspects of constant mutation, mobility, adaptability, and conditioning in relation to the social environment; and on the other, architecture as a testimony of historical memory and as both a container and an influence on the intimate experience of being. A multidisciplinary artist by definition, Gaber explores processes of change, migration (not only between countries, but of the very skin), adaptability, survival, and the inescapable fatality of historical becoming—approached with irony and a sense of humor. Moreover, his artistic language draws from architecture not only for its aesthetic or formal qualities, but for its potential as a container, modifier, and witness of human experience.