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Willem Oorebeek — Un train peut en cacher un autre
Willem Oorebeek

Un train peut en cacher un autre

2017

A striking work by Dutch artist Willem Oorebeek, *Un train peut en cacher un autre* takes its title from the French railway safety warning meaning "one train can hide another." True to Oorebeek's practice of appropriating and subverting existing visual languages, the piece engages with the layering of images and meanings, suggesting that what is visible on the surface may conceal something lurking beneath. The work reflects his ongoing investigation into the politics of reproduction, typography, and the ways in which information is simultaneously revealed and obscured.

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Willem Oorebeek, Un train peut en cacher un autre, 2017

A striking work by Dutch artist Willem Oorebeek, *Un train peut en cacher un autre* takes its title from the French railway safety warning meaning "one train can hide another." True to Oorebeek's practice of appropriating and subverting existing visual languages, the piece engages with the layering of images and meanings, suggesting that what is visible on the surface may conceal something lurking beneath. The work reflects his ongoing investigation into the politics of reproduction, typography, and the ways in which information is simultaneously revealed and obscured.

Year
2017
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Thought Provoking, Monochrome, Bold, Train, Graphic Design Influence, Symbolic, Dutch Artist, Conceptual, Male Artist, Transportation, Text-Based, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, 2010s, Printmaking, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Language And Semiotics, Urban, Modern, Belgian, Abstract, Text-Based Art, Contemporary