RS + RS, 2026
corten steel, steel, inkjet print on paper and acrylic
46 ×73 ×19 cm (overall)
Part 01: 11,3 ×49 ×19,6 cm
Part 02: 32 ×44 cm

“RS + RS” functions as a form of parafiction. The tools and strategies employed in the work point toward the structural and institutional dimensions surrounding the disappearance of “Equal-Parallel.” The block of cortensteel presented here is supposedly a fragment from the lost Serra sculpture, yet an unexpected mark interrupts its authority and authenticity.
Around this object, a complex network of documentary fictions is constructed: the highly specific technical jargon of the analysis, the carefully synthesized historical details surrounding the disappearance of the Serra work, and, most importantly, the formal structure of the report issued by a non-existent company. By appropriating institutional mechanisms —signatures, reference numbers, bureaucratic disclaimers, and forensic language —the work masquerades as a factual artifact. It exploits the audience’s familiarity with a real historical mystery to momentarily suspend skepticism, demonstrating how easily fiction can harden into cultural “truth” when supported by the correct administrative and aesthetic frameworks.

At the same time, the proposition is sufficiently absurd that it quickly shifts from persuasive to comical. The work oscillates between credibility and parody, exposing the fragile boundary separating institutional authority, collective belief, and fiction.

** RS + RS stands for Richard Serra + Reina Sofia, or vice versa.

this work is part of the exhibition to vanish