RERO French, b. 1983
(40 x 56 cm)
RERO's work is built upon a unique visual grammar: the use of the Verdana font (a symbol of the digital era), systematically crossed out with a horizontal line. This act of crossing out does not seek erasure, but interrogation. It questions the limits of language and the contradictions of our time, and his work—at once incisive and poetic—captivates through its originality and intellectual depth. Featuring punchlines and aphorisms, the betrayal of images, and semantic games, RERO's work stands at the crossroads of urban practices, land art, and conceptual gestures.
Intriguing, luminous, and rich with a modern, transgressive poetry, RERO's works can be found in public spaces and the heart of nature. They have also been showcased at the Centre Pompidou, the CentQuatre, the MAC/VAL, the Vasarely Foundation, the Grand Palais, the Montresso* Foundation, the MAC Bogota, as well as the EDF Foundation.
BEWARE YOUR DESIRES, THEY MAY COME TRUE… This struck-through aphorism generates intense textual tension against the narrative backdrop of The Little Prince. The protagonist’s trajectory is entirely dictated by desire—the desire for a drawn sheep, the desire for exile, the desire to tame. By striking through this warning, the work interrogates the nature of human quests and ideological pursuits. The Prince’s journey toward knowledge culminates in a profound encounter with melancholy and adult disillusionment; the fulfillment of desire arrives tethered to existential weight ("You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed").