RAF - Soft Pearl (Handmade)

Handmade wall rug - 75x75
Signed by the artist

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

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

He is a contemporary artist who develops a dynamic and recognizable visual language, able to cross styles and historical references with a current and experimental approach. His research blends classical figuration, urban culture, geometric abstraction, and contemporary graphic sensibility, creating works that oscillate between iconic and conceptual.

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

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

This transition from the bright surface of the screen to the three-dimensionality of the yarn creates a material short circuit: the digital image becomes a physical, tactile, sculptural object. The rug 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 profoundly influences his visual sensibility. From a young age, he developed a strong interest in drawing and imagery as a form of personal storytelling, starting to draw, paint, and gradually approaching the world of digital graphics.

The move to the digital realm happens as a natural evolution of his research: attracted by the possibilities of manipulation and construction of the image.

- Frame it only after receiving the artwork, as the dimensions of some pieces may vary by 1–2 cm
- The color tones may vary from the original work due to screen settings and lighting conditions during the photoshoot.

SHIPPING INFORMATION
Combined shipping for this lot is not available as each lot is packaged individually for logistical reasons and to allow filing a claim with the courier in case of loss of a single piece.