RAF - Soft Bowie (Handmade)

Handmade wall carpet - 80x80
Signed by the artist - Unique piece 1/1

Carpet with an extra white border 4 cm for mounting on a wooden frame and to be framed.

RAF is often presented, in exhibition and sales contexts, as one of the finest international artists.

He is a contemporary artist who develops a dynamic and recognizable visual language, capable of crossing styles and historical references with a current and experimental approach. His practice fuses classical figuration, urban culture, geometric abstraction, and contemporary graphic sensibility, creating works that oscillate between iconic and conceptual.

Inspired by the Renaissance, by Pop Art, by Street Art and by modernist abstraction, RAF reworks symbols and images through digital painting, collage, vector construction, and graphic manipulation.

A central element of his practice is the transition from digital to matter: The works are transformed into handmade carpets. After digital design, the drawing is transferred to canvas and worked manually, giving life to unique pieces in which the image becomes a three-dimensional textile surface.

This passage from the luminous surface of the screen to the three-dimensionality of the thread creates a material short circuit: the digital image becomes a physical, tactile, sculptural object. The carpet is not a simple reproduction, but a textile reinterpretation of the original work.

2021 – Synthetic Identities, Spazio Prisma, Milan
2022 – Urban Icons Reframed, Atelier Nord, Brussels
2023 – Geometric Narratives, The Format Room, Amsterdam
2024 – Material Pixels, Galerie Horizon, Zurich
2024 – Surface & Code, District Art Platform, Madrid
2025 – From Screen to Fiber, Contemporary Craft Pavilion, Copenhagen

RAF was born in an urban context that deeply influences his visual sensitivity. From a young age he develops a strong interest in drawing and image as a form of personal storytelling, starting to draw, paint and gradually approaching the world of digital graphics. The move to digital happens as a natural evolution of his research: drawn to the possibilities of manipulation and construction of the image.

- Create the frame only after receiving the artwork, as the dimensions of some pieces may vary by 1 - 2 cm

- The color tones may present variations from the original work due to screen settings and lighting conditions during the photographic shoot.

SHIPPING INFORMATION
Combined shipment of this lot is not available as each lot is packaged individually for logistical reasons and to allow opening a dispute against the courier in case of loss of the single piece. (Any request for additional insurance coverage for the shipment must be agreed before shipment. The related costs will be borne by the buyer)