Scheme
by Retna
Year: 2025
Medium: Enamel with colored sand and crystalline on canvas
Size: 60 × 48 in
A compelling study in material and form, Retna’s Scheme (2025) is an enamel with colored sand and crystalline on canvas work measuring 60 × 48 inches. Combining tactile texture with the artist’s contemporary urban art vocabulary, the piece reflects Retna’s interest in layered surfaces and graphic expression. Its substantial scale and rare mixed-media technique create strong collector appeal, while clear title, artist, date, medium, and dimensions provide reliable cataloguing details and provenance.
Scheme by RETNA reflects the artist’s signature transition from Los Angeles graffiti into contemporary fine art. RETNA’s visual language first emerged on city walls, shaped by graffiti, calligraphy, and the diverse cultural history of Los Angeles. Scheme carries that street-born energy into the studio, where his invented script becomes a precise, layered composition rather than a documented street-graffiti piece.
Drawing from Gothic lettering, Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and graffiti, RETNA creates a language that feels both ancient and futuristic. In Scheme, the repeated forms suggest order, structure, communication, and the systems that shape society. The coded marks invite viewers to search for meaning while allowing the composition to work as pure visual rhythm.
For collectors, Scheme offers the rarity and recognition of an original RETNA work from his mature calligraphic practice. His ability to bridge street art and contemporary abstraction gives these works strong cultural and market relevance.
From our gallery experience, Scheme demonstrates RETNA’s greatest strength: transforming writing into an image that commands attention without needing translation.
The work fits his mature calligraphic period and relates to his Margraves and other language-driven works. It is a strong example of the evolution that established RETNA as a leading figure in contemporary street-influenced art.
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Scheme
by Retna
Year: 2025
Medium: Enamel with colored sand and crystalline on canvas
Size: 60 × 48 in
A compelling study in material and form, Retna’s Scheme (2025) is an enamel with colored sand and crystalline on canvas work measuring 60 × 48 inches. Combining tactile texture with the artist’s contemporary urban art vocabulary, the piece reflects Retna’s interest in layered surfaces and graphic expression. Its substantial scale and rare mixed-media technique create strong collector appeal, while clear title, artist, date, medium, and dimensions provide reliable cataloguing details and provenance.
Scheme by RETNA reflects the artist’s signature transition from Los Angeles graffiti into contemporary fine art. RETNA’s visual language first emerged on city walls, shaped by graffiti, calligraphy, and the diverse cultural history of Los Angeles. Scheme carries that street-born energy into the studio, where his invented script becomes a precise, layered composition rather than a documented street-graffiti piece.
Drawing from Gothic lettering, Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and graffiti, RETNA creates a language that feels both ancient and futuristic. In Scheme, the repeated forms suggest order, structure, communication, and the systems that shape society. The coded marks invite viewers to search for meaning while allowing the composition to work as pure visual rhythm.
For collectors, Scheme offers the rarity and recognition of an original RETNA work from his mature calligraphic practice. His ability to bridge street art and contemporary abstraction gives these works strong cultural and market relevance.
From our gallery experience, Scheme demonstrates RETNA’s greatest strength: transforming writing into an image that commands attention without needing translation.
The work fits his mature calligraphic period and relates to his Margraves and other language-driven works. It is a strong example of the evolution that established RETNA as a leading figure in contemporary street-influenced art.