FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LEO GABIN

March 5 - April 20 2013

Opening Reception: March 5, 6-8PM

Leo Gabin is a dynamic collaborative entity that samples, edits and augments American

culture, inspired by the contradictions and creative potential of the Internet as a medium.

The gallery is pleased to present the first US solo show of Leo Gabin videos and

paintings, which will open on March 5th, 2013 with a reception for the artist from 6-8PM.

Leo Gabin will be featured at Independent, which takes place from March 7th through

the 10th.

As user-generated content has become a core part of American culture in the preceding

decade, ceaseless proliferation of socially shared footage posted on the Internet has

provided a rich, fertile source of inspiration for Leo Gabin’s inventive 21st Century

practice. The status of authorship itself has evolved and occupied various manifestations

and associations, influencing and evolving how collective authorships operate within

creative ecosystems.

Leo Gabin (Lieven Deconinck, Gaëtan Begerem and Robin De Vooght) have worked

exclusively as a collective since 2000. They live and work in Ghent, Belgium and

received degrees from the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Ghent. Leo Gabin has

participated in exhibitions internationally, such as: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Peres

Projects, Berlin, Center for Contemporary Art, Bruges, and Catherine Bastide, Brussels,

among others.