
Stratum
Stratum presents one of Vhils's most recognizable formal gestures in the medium of screenprint, translating his signature excavated aesthetic into a work on paper that carries the same raw psychological weight as his large-scale wall interventions. The composition fragments and layers a human face across a field of textural distress, evoking the accumulation of urban surfaces worn by time, weather, and human presence. Where Vhils is celebrated for physically carving into walls, billboards, and architectural materials to reveal portraits beneath, this print captures that same philosophical impulse, treating the image as something uncovered rather than constructed, emerging from density rather than applied to blankness. Produced in a limited edition of 150, each impression is numbered in the lower left and hand-signed by the artist in the lower right, affirming its place within the controlled body of multiples that Vhils has released alongside his installation and sculptural practice. At 72 by 51 centimetres, the work commands presence without requiring monumental scale, making it well suited to intimate domestic or professional settings where its tonal complexity rewards close attention. The restrained palette reinforces the sense of geological strata the title invokes, as if the figure has been pressed into the paper by layers of accumulated history rather than rendered by hand. Vhils, the pseudonym of Lisbon-born Alexandre Farto, has built an internationally recognized body of work rooted in questions of identity, memory, and the built environment. Stratum is a compelling entry point into his practice for collectors seeking a work that bridges street art's visual directness with a conceptual rigor more typically associated with fine art printmaking. The current availability through Digard Auction represents a straightforward opportunity to acquire a signed, editioned work by one of the most formally inventive artists working in this space today.
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · DIGARD AUCTION
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