Gabriel Klasmer

Gabriel Klasmer is well known in Israel, where he was working exhibiting and teaching since the early 80’s. Klasmer exhibited in numerous Galleries and museums in Israel and abroad. He was awarded several art prizes among them the prestigious Israeli Museum’s Sandberg Prize (1990). He is in major collections of the museums in Israel, and in the Museum of Modern art in New York, along many private collections. In 1996 Klasmer represented Israel in the 23rd International Biennial of Sao Paulo.

On winning the Clore scholarship Gabriel came to London to study for MA and later completed a PhD research degree both at the Royal College of Art in London. His research focuses on the examination of the history and status of the monochrome painting, and his ongoing creation of a series of mechanical apparatuses that replace the human hand as a means of making work. This concern with formal questions has extended into a number of exhibitions: for example his show at the Givon gallery in 2001 featured a monochromatic painting that anticipated the arrival of a viewer in the space by tipping itself 90 degrees from the vertical to the horizontal, acting as a reminder that reading of abstract painting often rely on the angle of view.