Train (brown), 2024
Acrylic on toy train car
5.91″ x 1.85″ x 1.30″
Edition 1/1 original
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Toronto
Includes delivery and installation within the Toronto area
Train (Brown) is a quiet standout from 2+2=5?’s painted train series. Muted tones, heavy lids, and a lingering question mark set the tone. A masked face stretches across the boxcar, eyes half-shut in apathy or exhaustion, flanked by a teal panel stamped with the artists signature 2+2=5?. Painted in acrylic on a toy train car, the piece reads like a rolling thought bubble—part graffiti, part slow-burning protest.
$205.00
Availability: 1 in stock
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.
