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This latest RETNA’s lithograph named “Black on Blast” includes his most iconic calligraphic work. The black calligraphic symbols are inspired by different alphabets (Hebrew, Arabic and Egyptian) as well as the graffiti universe. This singular language takes place on a black background and is highlighted by glitters added by hand to create a shiny and sparkling effect : such a blast on black…
Los Angeles-based artist RETNA accesses spaces between text-based imagery and abstract emotive states with his mysterious lines of verse. RETNA’s messages are masked in ciphers: words and meanings that are never immediately revealed, nor capable of being accurately translated. He employs ancient totemic symbologies as a baseline, overlaid with beats from the urban jungle (sourced from his background in Los Angeles, born from Pipil - western indigenous El Salvadorian - Cherokee, Spaniard, and African-American bloodlines.
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