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Vhils — Grit
Vhils

Grit

2017

Grit, produced in 2017, presents one of Vhils's signature portraits rendered in layered screenprint, translating the Portuguese artist's monumental street-scale vision into an intimate yet commanding format. The work captures the textured, almost geological quality that defines his practice, a visual language developed through years of carving directly into walls, billboards, and urban surfaces to reveal the accumulated strata beneath. In this screenprint, the face emerges from a field of degraded marks and tonal abrasion, evoking the sense that the image has always existed within the material, waiting to be uncovered rather than constructed. Printed in an edition of 300, each impression is numbered and carries the Underdogs stamp at lower left alongside Vhils's own signature at lower right, providing clear provenance and authentication aligned with the careful documentation his practice demands. At 70 by 50 centimetres, the work sits at a scale that rewards close attention, allowing the collector to examine the intricate interplay of colour registers and surface incident that larger reproductions tend to flatten. The Underdogs imprint, which has long served as the primary publishing body for Vhils's editioned works, further anchors this piece within a well-established lineage of critically endorsed multiples. Vhils, born Alexandre Farto in Lisbon in 1987, has built an internationally recognised body of work that interrogates memory, identity, and the layered histories inscribed in the built environment. Grit exemplifies his ability to compress that conceptual weight into a resolved graphic object, one that carries the raw energy of his site-specific interventions while functioning as a self-contained and highly collectible work on paper. The combination of limited availability, dual authentication, and the sustained critical attention surrounding his practice makes this an assured and considered acquisition.

Medium
Screenprint in colours
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Vhils, Grit, 2017

Grit, produced in 2017, presents one of Vhils's signature portraits rendered in layered screenprint, translating the Portuguese artist's monumental street-scale vision into an intimate yet commanding format. The work captures the textured, almost geological quality that defines his practice, a visual language developed through years of carving directly into walls, billboards, and urban surfaces to reveal the accumulated strata beneath. In this screenprint, the face emerges from a field of degraded marks and tonal abrasion, evoking the sense that the image has always existed within the material, waiting to be uncovered rather than constructed. Printed in an edition of 300, each impression is numbered and carries the Underdogs stamp at lower left alongside Vhils's own signature at lower right, providing clear provenance and authentication aligned with the careful documentation his practice demands. At 70 by 50 centimetres, the work sits at a scale that rewards close attention, allowing the collector to examine the intricate interplay of colour registers and surface incident that larger reproductions tend to flatten. The Underdogs imprint, which has long served as the primary publishing body for Vhils's editioned works, further anchors this piece within a well-established lineage of critically endorsed multiples. Vhils, born Alexandre Farto in Lisbon in 1987, has built an internationally recognised body of work that interrogates memory, identity, and the layered histories inscribed in the built environment. Grit exemplifies his ability to compress that conceptual weight into a resolved graphic object, one that carries the raw energy of his site-specific interventions while functioning as a self-contained and highly collectible work on paper. The combination of limited availability, dual authentication, and the sustained critical attention surrounding his practice makes this an assured and considered acquisition.

Medium
Screenprint in colours
Dimensions
sheet: 70 x 50 cm
Year
2017
Edition
of 300
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
DIGARD AUCTION

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