A multi-disciplinary French artist, RERO questions codes governing intellectual property, images and computer language, denouncing them by scoring them out with a thick black line. Jean-Michel Basquiat explained ¡°I cross out words so you will see them more. The fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them¡±. Negation, self-censorship and distortion are the keywords in his work.
Using scored out expressions such as Trade my mark, Error 404 and This image is free copyright, the artist is seeking to confuse the viewer, whose interpretative responses are multiplied. Each of us sees a double meaning in the negation of these words¡ªwhich could just as easily turn into total nonsense.
Rouen, France, 2011
Photo: Marie Hamel
Untitled (THE INSTALLATION FAILED...), 2012
Mixed media
120 x 120 cm
Dutch artist Boris TELLEGEN, AKA DELTA, is seeking construction into his art. His complex three dimensional constructivist works play with the light and the line. Other dimensions emerge from shadow and the viewer is taken into the doubt of trompe l¡¯oeil. Delta¡¯s aesthetic is also captured in his collages, which demonstrate his interest for technical precision and his obsession for complicated logic.
"My work is about the chaos in order, or the order in chaos. Random logic maybe...
Exothermic, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, 2010
Beneath, the seam coal fire continued for over 40 years, 2012
Layers of wood (birch) and acrylic
142 x 107 x 9 cm
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