Marc of the Wooden Soldier (2025)
ETNA (born in 1979 in Los Angeles) is a renowned voice in international street art. His unique visual language blends ancestral calligraphy with contemporary urban culture. Gothic letters, Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew alphabets, invented symbols, and abstract, sacred script transform surfaces into visual prayers. Exhibited worldwide, his distinctive style has been embraced by major brands, musicians, and collectors. RETNA engravings, sculptures, and singing transcend mere writing.
Marc of the Wooden Soldier is a monumental work crafted with precious materials and a strong sense of texture. RETNA’s calligraphies rise from a surface shimmering with colored sand and diamond dust, creating a hypnotic rhythm that feels both sacred and urban.
The title evokes a narrative of a mythical or spiritual figure behind the mark, encapsulating RETNA’s poetics: matter and light, spirituality and urban gesture, rituality and contemporary tension. It’s a vibrant canvas that speaks without words, imprinting a visual code into memory.
RETNA’s large-format unique works, especially those with diamond dust or gold leaf, are highly sought after internationally. Collecting interest spans institutions, galleries, foundations, and private commissions across America, the Middle East, and Europe. Demand is supported by a coherent production, powerful visual identity, and cross-disciplinary collaborations in fashion, music, and design.
RETNA has exhibited at the MOCA in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont in Paris, and numerous international galleries. His works bridge urban, contemporary, and spiritual art, featured in murals, album covers, and installations worldwide. Unique large-format piece with precious materials. Highly recognizable aesthetic blending spirituality and urban language. Key figure in contemporary calligraphic art. Ideal for collections seeking visual impact, symbolic depth, and material uniqueness.
