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Rero

A French artist born in 1983, he lives between Sao Paulo and Paris. He studied economics and sociology and has no formal training in HDA.
He uses rhetoric to express his vision of the world in an immediately recognizable typology, with crossed-out words in capital letters. Rero 's work is not simply a literary intervention in urban spaces, an academic exercise in pure rhetorical reflection on collective morality. Rather, it is the public use of a procedure typical of conceptual art, a weaving together of image and word that ultimately produces a collective reading, for an attentive public who spot on the walls of buildings and factories not advertising texts but rather invitations to a mental workout.
He chose the Verdana font because it has no connotations; he wanted the most impersonal font possible (≠ with graffiti, which on the contrary seeks highly personalized calligraphy). Through the crossed-out words, he also wanted to multiply the reading directions: is it true? false? the opposite?
In 2013 he created the project Do Not Cross the Line, Centre Pompidou (curated by Sarah Mattera).

Private Choice 2021 will feature
2 paintings-sculptures : Time will tell...2021, burnt wood ; Tout, tout de suite...2021, burnt wood.

Biography

Rero is a French artist born in 1983, living between Sao Paulo and Paris. He studied economics and sociology and has no formal training in HDA.

TRAININGS

Foundation in Graphic Design, London College of Communication Master en Economie sociale et gestion des entreprises, Université Paris 2

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

  • 2021 JOSEPH GRAND, BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2019 IND OVER MATTER..., BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2018 SONGS WITHOUT WORDS..., Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA.
  • 2018 ÔTE-TOI DE MON SOLEIL, Le Grand Cordel, Rennes.
  • 2017 IBID. (ÉPUISEMENT DES IDÉAUX), BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2016 TOMESELO PERSONAL, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
  • 2015 HORS-SOL, Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, Paris.
  • 2015 VOLTA NY, with BACKSLASH, Pier 90, New York City, NY, USA.
  • 2015 GATED COMMUNITY, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • 2014 UM WELT, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Brussels.
  • 2014 ERREUR DANS LE TITRE\ ERROR IN THE TITLE, BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2013 Supervised Independence, cycle Public and Confidential, text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Wunderkammern, Roma.
  • 2012 NATURE MORTE \ STILL LIFE, Festival A-PART, Arles and Saint-Remy de Provence, France,
  • 2011 ERROR 404 (missing link), BACKSLASH, Paris.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2021 THE STAIRS, BACKSLASH, Paris, 2021
  • 2020 Laps #3, curated by Djeff & Fanny Serain, Jardin Botanique Alpin, Meyrin, Switzerland.
  • 2020 PRIVATE CHOICE, with France Bizot, Charlotte Charbonnel, Paris.
  • 2020 Après - After. L'expo d'été 2020, with Les EpouxP, Isabelle Terrisse, Aryz, Valérie Simonnet, Claudie Titty Dimbeng, Centre Pastoral Saint Merry, Paris.
  • 2020 + COLORS, BACKSLASH, Paris.
  • 2020 La Collective, Hangar 107, Rouen, France.
  • 2019 ROSE BÉTON, hors les murs, Toulouse.
  • 2019 Engagement 2.0, curated by Anne-Sophie Bérard, Maif Social Club, Paris. Murs porteurs, with Tilt, Musée de Mohammed VI, Rabat.
  • 2019 Une bouteille à la mer pour sauver l'Océan, curated by Nathalie Vranken, Aquarium de Paris, Paris.
  • 2019 ROSE BÉTON, hors les murs, Toulouse.
  • 2019 Conquête urbaine, curated by Mathilde and Gautier Jourdain, Musée des beaux-arts de Calais, Calais, France.

COLLECTIONS

Desperados Foundation, Montresso Foundation, Mohammed VI Collection

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