A roof over my head

Exploring William Gaber’s body of work reveals a coded language that contains a profound reflection on the human habitable environment. His constant dialogue with the built — in a certain way, with geometry — marks the pulse of a large part of his artistic production. Each piece is a challenge between space and form, a reconfiguration on the canvas of the experience of transiting intimate spaces, synthesized in color, figure, and texture. In Gaber’s work, architecture is presented as a container of life. “A Roof Over My Head” is a project that was born during William’s residency in Onomichi, Japan, in 2024. His practice was influenced by the spatial and social dynamics of the region. This contrast reveals an urban paradox, and in his exploration, the artist questions the emptiness of uninhabited spaces. Stripped of human presence, they are transformed into vestiges, reducing architecture to pure form. William Gaber invites us to walk through this exhibition with a reflective gaze, exploring how form constructs and redefines our relationship with context. The artist transforms three-dimensional spaces into two-dimensional ones, prompting us to think about how architecture, stripped of its function, becomes a representation that questions the meaning of our perception. Alberto Arceo, Curator