Consecuencias del Dinero, 2024

2+2=5?

Acrylic on canvas
25.98″ x 19.29″
Edition 1/1 original
Framed
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Havana, Cuba
Includes delivery and installation within the Toronto area

In Consecuencias del Dinero, 2+2=5? fuses street art energy with social critique—blending comic-book punch, trap culture references, and satirical symbolism into a single charged frame. Executed in acrylic on canvas and presented framed, the work spotlights masked figures chasing stacks, drenched in purple suits, dollar signs, and branded bravado. Pyramid eyes, burning cash, and cartoon chaos swirl across the canvas in a visual breakdown of wealth worship and identity distortion. Featured in Beyond the Frame: Havana, 2+2=5?’s 2024 solo exhibition at Mania Contemporary, this piece is pure commentary—bold, raw, and unapologetically loud.

About The Artist

2+2=5? (Fabian Lopez b. 1996) doesn’t ask for permission—he asks questions. Best known for his masked figure, Super Malo, and the cryptic equation “2+2=5?”, the Havana-based artist uses street walls like truth bombs, confronting repression, distortion, and state-fed narratives with a spray can and a wink. Drawing from Orwellian logic and Cuban realities, 2+2=5?’s work balances political charge with graphic clarity and dark humor. In 2024, Mania presented Beyond the Frame: Havana, his Canadian debut—pulling his message from the streets of Cuba into the gallery space without losing a drop of voltage. 2+2=5? isn’t just painting walls—he’s cracking them open.