
Oostende, 2017 - Oriol Vilanova
about this work
This edition is a Billboard Series Support Edition, made in the context of Billboard Series #07 with Oriol Vilanova.
In his signature style, Vilanova juxtaposes three identical vintage postcards of a sunset on a custom-made wooden shelf. The sunset is pictured in close-up, rendering the image almost abstract. With no recognizable geographical features depicted - just the sun going down in the sea - the postcard could come from almost anywhere. By titling the work Oostende - after the Belgian coastal town where Vilanova found the postcards - the artist tackles the generic character of the image.
The postcards show small traces of their life at the seaside - having been presented on the boardwalk, in the sun and salty sea air.