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Gaby Sahhar
Gaby Sahhar, French-Palestinian, works between London and Paris.
Sahhar works across painting, installation and film. Their work aims to deconstruct the representation of gender within public spheres to understand its wider implications on queer consciousness and communities. Drawing on language and vulnerability as tools, their work aims to generate conversations around affordability, residence and interconnectedness within city cultures. They employ speculative storytelling to outline the different ways psychological and physical framework fragment Palestinian identity.
Syntax, 2024, Oil on linen, 440 x 220 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Act of Violence, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. Photo © Aurelien Mole
Another Nowhere, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. Photo © Aurelien Mole
Untitled, 2024, Oil on linen, 74 x 100 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. photo © Aurelien Mole
Untitled, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
The Beyond , 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Passport Please, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris.
Concrete Jump, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & spiaggia libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Untitled light, 2024, Oil on linen, 75 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Expansion, 2023, oil paint, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 205 x 290 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
The Mirrored Room, 2023, oil paint, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 75 x 103 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Pali, 2023, oil paint, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 205 x 210 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Transitional, 2023, oil paint, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 45 x 55 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole.
Making my body go, It feels so good, 2023, oil paint, oil stick, graphite on canvas, 200 x 55 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole.
Eurostine 5, 2023, indian ink, graphite and charcoal on cold pressed cotton paper, 49.5 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Eurostine 1, 2023, indian ink, graphite and charcoal on cold pressed cotton paper, 49.5 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole.
Eurostine 4, 2023, indian ink, graphite and charcoal on cold pressed cotton paper, 49.5 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Eurostine 2, 2023, indian ink, graphite and charcoal on cold pressed cotton paper, 49.5 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélie Mole
Eurostine 3, 2023, indian ink, graphite and charcoal on cold pressed cotton paper, 49.5 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & Spiaggia Libera, Paris. © Aurélien Mole
Exhibition view, « Kim Farkas - Gaby Sahhar The Kooples Art Prize », MAC VAL, Paris, 2023. Courtesy the artist & The Kooples Art Prize. © Aurélien Mole
Exhibition view, « Kim Farkas - Gaby Sahhar The Kooples Art Prize », MAC VAL, Paris, 2023. Courtesy the artist & The Kooples Art Prize. © Aurélien Mole
Exhibition view, « Kim Farkas - Gaby Sahhar The Kooples Art Prize », MAC VAL, Paris, 2023. Courtesy the artist & The Kooples Art Prize. © Aurélien Mole
Exhibition view, « Kim Farkas - Gaby Sahhar The Kooples Art Prize », MAC VAL, Paris, 2023. Courtesy the artist & The Kooples Art Prize. © Aurélien Mole
Bodily Confessions, 2022, oil paint, oil stick, 110 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist & The Kooples Art Prize. © Aurélien Mole
Their work has been exhibited at: Magasins Généraux, Pantin (2024); Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (2024); Quench, Margate, UK (2024); MAC VAL, Paris / The Kooples Art Prize (2023); PAGE (NYC), New York (2022); SPACE Artist Award (2022) and group exhibitions include Fragment Gallery, New York (2022); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2022), Whitechapel Gallery (2022) South London Gallery (2020).
