Gabriel Kuri’s work directly engages form and material to explore notions of function, systems of exchange, ordering principles and the coding of direct experience into socially convened protocols. Kuri’s sculpture never dissociates physical properties from their semantic implications, nor entertains a categorical distinction between the natural and manufactured realms. His practice is rooted in first hand physical experience and involves studio based discipline as well as site specific and site responsive modus. The artist’s approach follows a variety of techniques and gestures encompassing the direct forging of materials, collaboration with craftspeople and industrial processes, as well as incorporating ready-made objects in a non hierarchical sculptural investigation.