René Gabri
Artist
Biography
Rene Gabri is interested in the complex mechanisms which constitute the world around us.
Often working within the folds of cultural practice, social thought and politics, much of his practice springs from contact with others, dialogues and conversations with friends, colleagues, thinkers and individuals he encounters by chance.
In Disorientation II, Gabri and long-time artist and activist collaborator Ayreen Anastas presented What Everyone Knows (2006), a video installation work that explores the lives lived by Palestinians in occupied Palestine and in Israel.
Anastas and Gabri were among the principal organizers of the New York artist community 16 Beaver Group, founded in 1999. Their work together includes The Meaning of Everything, One Step Forward Two Steps Back (2010),Camp Campaign (2006), RadioActive Discussions (2002) and United We Stand (2003). Their films have been shown widely including at the Beirut Art Center (2009), and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2009). Their book The Meaning of Everything, Vol. 1 was published in 2009 by Paraguay Press, Paris.
Other projects by Gabri include his film Movements (2002) and his work with the German collective e-Xplo.
Born in Tehran, Gabri lived in Athens and Los Angeles before moving to New York where he continues to live and work. Gabri completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 1999. He has taught at the University of Architecture in Venice and the City University of New York, Staten Island.
October 2010
Anastas and Gabri were among the principal organizers of the New York artist community 16 Beaver Group, founded in 1999. Their work together includes The Meaning of Everything, One Step Forward Two Steps Back (2010),Camp Campaign (2006), RadioActive Discussions (2002) and United We Stand (2003). Their films have been shown widely including at the Beirut Art Center (2009), and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2009). Their book The Meaning of Everything, Vol. 1 was published in 2009 by Paraguay Press, Paris.
Other projects by Gabri include his film Movements (2002) and his work with the German collective e-Xplo.
Born in Tehran, Gabri lived in Athens and Los Angeles before moving to New York where he continues to live and work. Gabri completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 1999. He has taught at the University of Architecture in Venice and the City University of New York, Staten Island.
October 2010
This person is part of Sharjah Biennial 8
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21.11.09 – 20.02.10
Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
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Related Projects
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I love to you. Workers Voices from the U.A.E., 2007
e-Xplo (Rene Gabri, Heimo Lattner, Erin McGonigle in collaboration with Ayreen Anastas)
2012
