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FIND A WORD FOR IT

In Find a Word For It, Gabriel interrogates the mechanisms through which media manufactures political and social iconography. Combining visual and lexical elements, he constructs fields of meaning where language both defines and destabilizes the image.

The work unfolds within tensions—between representation and narration, identity and projection—revealing the instability of the icons that shape collective memory. It invites the viewer to question not only what they see, but the words through which they understand it.

Each composition is built from an extensive process of collecting and assembling hundreds of original vintage newspapers and archival fragments. Through layering, extraction, and recomposition, these materials are transformed into dense visual structures where history itself becomes both medium and message.

POLITICAL ICONS

Black portrait of Queen Elizabeth II over vintage British newspaper headlines collage with royal typography
queen elizabeth ii artwork
queen elizabeth portrait art
queen elizabeth pop art
queen elizabeth wall art
queen elizabeth collage artwork
british royal family artwork
queen elizabeth ii portrait painting
uk monarchy art
royal portrait contemporary art
queen elizabeth modern art
Kennedy; JFK; Cuba; Assassination; Texas; Jackie
LEE KUAN YEW; LKY; SINGAPORE; ASIAN TIGER ; ASEAN; RED DOT; LEE; POLITICAL; POWER
NELSON MANDELA MADIBA APARTHEID SOUTHAFRICA FREEDOM HISTORY BLACK LIFE MATER CAPETOWN LEADER POLITICAL
DE GAULLE; WWII; Second World War; General de Gaulle; France; Allemagne; nazis; resistence; Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale; Liberation; Debarquement; Normandie; 18 Juin; Appel, 1945
NAPOLEON; BONAPARTE; EMPIRE; HISTOIRE; FRANCE; AIGLE; INVALIDES; WATERLOO; GLOIRE; REVOLUTION; 1789; HISTOIRE DE FRANCE; ROYAUME D'ITALIE; CAMPAGNE D'EGYPTE
obama; potus; barak; usa; whashington; white house; yes we can; black life mater; portrait; artwork; popart; streetart; icone
CHURCHILL; prime minister; downing street; london; UK; World War 2; WWII; Nazi; cigare; power; popart; icone; newspapers; archive
NAPOLEON; BONAPARTE; EMPIRE; HISTOIRE; FRANCE; AIGLE; INVALIDES; WATERLOO; GLOIRE; REVOLUTION; 1789; HISTOIRE DE FRANCE; ROYAUME D'ITALIE; CAMPAGNE D'EGYPTE

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ICONS

GAINSBOURG; 500; FRANCS; SERGE GAINSBOURG; PARIS; RUE DE VERNEUIL; CHANTEUR; FRANCE
AL CAPONE; CHICAGO; GANGSTER; PROHIBITION; CIGARS; WHISKEY; MURDERER; SCAREFACE; BANDITO; MAFIA; GODFATHER; CORLEONE; PADRINO
MUHAMMAD ALI; CASSIUS CLAY; BOXING; CHAMPION; BOX; FIGHT; ALI; STING LIKE A BEE; WORLCHAMPION; HEAVY WEIGHT
John Lennon; Beatles; Pop Art; icone; musique; artwork; Lennon; Yoko Hono; the Fab; Liverpool; London; Portrait; Rock; Lennon; Let it be; Imagine
POSEIDON; GOD; GREEK; POPART; PORTRAIT; ZEUS; GREECE; ANTIQUITY
CHARLIE CHAPLIN - CITY LIGHT 2022.jpg
John Lennon; Beatles; Pop Art; icone; musique; artwork; Lennon; Yoko Hono; the Fab; Liverpool; London; Portrait; Rock; Lennon; Let it be; Imagine

FINE ART PRINTS, LIMITED EDITIONS
& ORIGINAL FRONT PAGES

QUEEN ELIZABETH (Special Edition)
MAO - Print 24/24
BEATLES
NAPO POP - 60 x 40cm (1)
CHURCHILL
AL CAPONE
QUEEN ELIZABETH II - Print 20/24
STALIN
NAPO POP - 60 x 40cm (3)
OBAMA  #1/5
MAO
MOON LANDING
QUEEN ELIZABETH
NAPO POP - 60 x 40cm (2)
CHURCHILL
MONOPOLY
DE GAULLE #1/5
QUEEN ELIZABETH
MAO - Print 23/24
CHURCHILL

After a 10 years of a personal journey in the history of Photojournalism, Gabriel brought "Find a Word for it" as a reflection on major societal topics as Power & Politics, Sex, Business, Nations, Environment, Finance & Economics... and their relations to these icons that Media create along the time. Gabriel tries to understand how Media build in our minds these familiar faces and all the ideas related to them. He finally question this process trying to establish whether the character itself or the media create these icons ?

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This project is a dive into lexical fields sometime contradictory, reflecting a type of social and media schizophrenia, finally inviting the spectator to review and assess his approach, leaving him the choice to stick to a personal vision.

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Singapore | Paris

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