Reinier Vrancken

Participating in the exhibition as Raniero

Reinier Vrancken contributes to this exhibition as Raniero. The moment when an Italian lady pronounced his name as Raniero, he embraced it and saw it as the birth of something new. An alter ego for the visual artist was created. Even though the translation of something means the same, the name does consist of different letters and sounds and thus feels differently. They are the same and yet different. Raniero exists as an idea, a fictional character that is part of the visual artist. The visual artist also raises the question as to what happens when he takes on a different role: would he create works of art that he wouldn’t normally produce? Throughout the exhibition Detached Involvement his name is consistently changed into Raniero: on the invitations, the website, on the gallery’s window, on posters and even in other artworks.