Rero
Rero’s work explores a myriad of social concepts, from technology and consumerism to language and obsolescence. Rero’s text, always in the same Verdana font and stripped of any flourish beyond a bold strike-through line, become embedded within the medium, acting as a literal and material addition while simultaneously a marker for deconstruction. His pieces began as site specific urban interventions, text placed on dilapidated and abandoned buildings, hugging the mold-ridden walls of open-air galleries filled with debris and detritus. Translated from the exterior to the interior, Rero’s most ambitious pieces are large-scale installations that make use of the art gallery or museum venue to explore notions of context and perceptions of space.
Rero’s interventions within the urban and natural landscapes continue to influence his participation in the gallery setting. His pieces can be found on canvas, vintage books, neon, fine china, statuesque busts, plaster walls, decaying newspapers, typewriters, and flags. Rero presents these objects with his text as the image, thus provoking the sense of image negation. At the very core of his work are concepts of confrontation, aesthetics of destruction, and appropriation.
His works have been shown in numerous public and private spaces, including Pompidou Center, Paris, Musée en Herbe, Paris, Musée …
Rero’s work explores a myriad of social concepts, from technology and consumerism to language and obsolescence. Rero’s text, always in the same Verdana font and stripped of any flourish beyond a bold strike-through line, become embedded within the medium, acting as a literal and material addition while simultaneously a marker for deconstruction. His pieces began as site specific urban interventions, text placed on dilapidated and abandoned buildings, hugging the mold-ridden walls of open-air galleries filled with debris and detritus. Translated from the exterior to the interior, Rero’s most ambitious pieces are large-scale installations that make use of the art gallery or museum venue to explore notions of context and perceptions of space.
Rero’s interventions within the urban and natural landscapes continue to influence his participation in the gallery setting. His pieces can be found on canvas, vintage books, neon, fine china, statuesque busts, plaster walls, decaying newspapers, typewriters, and flags. Rero presents these objects with his text as the image, thus provoking the sense of image negation. At the very core of his work are concepts of confrontation, aesthetics of destruction, and appropriation.
His works have been shown in numerous public and private spaces, including Pompidou Center, Paris, Musée en Herbe, Paris, Musée de la Poste, Paris, Confluences, Paris, and Antje Øklesund, Berlin.
Courtesy of the Artist’s site
Fabien Castanier Gallery, Culver City, CA
