CLAES GABRIEL | Tracing Origins

CLAES GABRIEL | Tracing Origins
Claes Gabriel’s work combines the cultural richness of Haiti with contemporary practice and use of materials that mimic tribal masks and totems. Referencing Haitian culture through color, folklore, and his own imagined tales, Gabriel creates a mythical like presence in each artwork.
This video highlights four sculptures and paintings by Claes Gabriel featured in “Tracing Origins” a group exhibition bringing together three Philadelphia-based artists who create work inspired by their ancestral homelands and native cultures. Pulling from personal memories, experiences, and familial influences, their stories are expressed through photography, paper engineering, painting, and sculpture. Featured artists include Colette Fu, Claes Gabriel, and Hiro Sakaguchi.
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Special thanks to Rowan University student Nathan Whyte for his soundscape compositions for the “Tracing Origins” video series.