About

Rab Harling is a London-based conceptual artist who specialises in experimental, large-format photography and sculptural installations. His practice investigates the social occupation of space, from the urban landscape to domestic interiors, focusing on how people construct a sense of place, and how the design of built environments reflect and actively produce particular social configurations and political ideologies. His installations deconstruct and reassemble pre-conceived ideas about space, they are often site-specific and usually include a philosophical dimensionality, using influences ranging from mathematical philosophy to quantum mechanics. Rab’s work intersects with a long-term debate in urban culture and policy regarding the relationships between environment and behaviour, particularly in the context of the current housing crisis in the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on the effects of gentrification on the vulnerable, and in particular with the socially excluded...

Areas of Expertise

Photography, sculpture, conceptual art,

Professional Affiliations

Member of Artists Union of England