• April 10, 2009
  • Posted by Marc

Entitled the Knight From RETNA and The Mac

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From NEU BLACK comes these photos of Entitled the Knight, a terrific new collaboration between RETNA and The Mac in Baldwin Hills, CA.  They write:

“This new collaboration embodies Los Angeles culture with delicate precision. RETNA’s signature typography flanks the portrait with pensive Spanish prose to the left and an excerpt from Marvin Gay’s “What’s Goin’ On” to the right, and finally tipping the brim of the hat with the inscription “Only Love Can Conquer Hate.”

The Mac is no stranger to intricate shading techniques and stoic portraiture. Much of his most recent work plays with topographical and moire patterns in fine detail. Here he’s utilized a circulating moire technique giving this striking figure an almost relaxed intensity”