Autorretrato by Gabriel Chaile at Mathaf

As part of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art’s anniversary celebrations, Argentinian artist Gabriel Chaile’s clay sculpture Autorretrato will be on display in December. 

Drawing from the formal and material language of Indigenous communities in northeast Argentina, Chaile creates a larger-than-life sculpture blending abstracted human features and traditional earth ware. Chaile, who is of Afro-Arab descent, brings a layered understanding of belonging and diaspora to his artistic practice. 

His presence at Mathaf reflects the museum’s mission to amplify Arab voices in global contemporary art and to explore the transnational connections that define Arab identity today.