Very rare work by MSK RETNA (Marquis Lewis).
These works are hard to come across in this condition, much less with the original certificate of authenticity, signed by Retna in the original Beyond the Streets box.

The deck is in excellent condition. Included will be the deck, the certificate of authenticity in original packaging as well as a brand new 360 degree rotatable wall mount. These look incredible on the wall.

In the early 1970s, skate culture and street art became deeply intertwined, and a new medium for artists was born: the skate deck. In earlier days, when skateboarding was a still a subculture on the fringe, simply being a skater was enough to set oneself apart from the crowd.

However, the growing popularity of the sport pushed many creative skaters to find ways to individualize their boards

Borrowing from motifs and styles popularized by graffiti artists, skaters designed the undersides of their boards an extension of themselves.

In the decades since, fine art, street art, and skate culture have become inseparable, with renowned artists like Keith Haring , Shepard Fairey , Yayoi Kusama , and Yoshitomo Nara reproducing some of their most famous works on the decks of skateboards.

RETNA X Beyond The Streets Limited Edition Skate Deck. From a FALSE out edition of only 250.

Blue and white archival cold pressed screen print on seven layer, maple wood deck.

The work is done in Retna’s iconic Margraves style calligraphy.

Published in conjunction with the 2018 Los Angeles exhibit, ”Beyond the Streets” .

World renown street and studio artist, RETNA
(American b. 1979) creates work that blends free-hand graffiti styling with influences from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and archetypal calligraphy .

Retna has become known for his long and geometric script, which he developed while looking towards Egyptian and Native American traditional symbols.

Though his marks resemble the calligraphy of multiple cultures (and he maintains that he composes his works in English & Spanish), the writing does not belong to a particular language.

I want my text to feel universal. I want people from different cultures to all find some similarity in it — whether they can read it or not."

-RETNA

Retna’s work(s) regularly sell for six figures (originals). His screen prints sell in the four to five figure range.

This is an incredible opportunity to add a work by one of the most universal, iconic street artists of our time.

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