
Rirkrit Tiravanija
untitled 2016 (do we dream under the same sky, the sun, june 25, 2016), 2016
Oil on newspaper on linen
260 x 240 cm
102 3/8 x 94 1/2 in
102 3/8 x 94 1/2 in
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Rirkrit Tiravanija’s engagement with politics and propaganda can be seen across his ongoing series of slogan paintings on newspaper pages. In this new work, Untitled (do we dream under the...
Rirkrit Tiravanija’s engagement with politics and propaganda can be seen across his ongoing series of slogan paintings on newspaper pages. In this new work, Untitled (do we dream under the same sky / June 25, 2016), 2016, Tiravanija addresses the Brexit referendum results. The phrase, 'Do we dream under the same sky' is painted over the pages of a number of different British newspapers (The Sun, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, and The Guardian) dating from 25th June 2016 which had the most current post-Brexit headlines.
On the newspaper series Tiravanija says, "I consider them like signage, like stop signs, road signs. They form a series but they can make you pay attention to a certain place and a certain moment when you are confronted by them. I think about that layering of the newspaper, which is an activity I’m very interested in, and in the activity of information being gathered. There are just a lot of layers there for me, from the ads to the typeface of the newspaper itself. There’s a lot of coincidence – or accidents, or maybe even intentions – in the way that certain things get laid out on these pages. The sign makes you stop and pay attention to the other things happening behind it”
On the newspaper series Tiravanija says, "I consider them like signage, like stop signs, road signs. They form a series but they can make you pay attention to a certain place and a certain moment when you are confronted by them. I think about that layering of the newspaper, which is an activity I’m very interested in, and in the activity of information being gathered. There are just a lot of layers there for me, from the ads to the typeface of the newspaper itself. There’s a lot of coincidence – or accidents, or maybe even intentions – in the way that certain things get laid out on these pages. The sign makes you stop and pay attention to the other things happening behind it”