Gabriel Chaile’s work draws on references ranging from Pre-Columbian cultures to Conceptualism in often-usable sculptures involving bricks, adobe structures, and other found objects. He employs a critical-poetical approach to the sacred and its rituals, the political and indigenous communities of South America and his often-humorous works are invariably underscored by rather pointed social engagement. Chaile’s anthropological and visual research revolves around two key concepts: “the engineering of need,” consisting of creating objects and structures that collaborate in improving the conditions and raising awareness to extreme scenarios; and the “genealogy of shape,” which approaches the history of forms that have survived time and denote resistance, such as the clay oven and the common pot. Calling attention to class disparities and genealogy, Chaile invokes his indigenous roots to claim the reconstruction of pre-colonial identity and continue the lineage of these cultures through his own interpretation, propelling an inventive reparation journey.