C.A.V.E. Gallery is pleased to announce Italian artist Peeta's first solo show in Los Angeles.

The exhibition features an exciting series of 8 new canvases and 2 sculptures that are wonderful representations of the Italian graffiti artist's individual style of exploding letters from their generic typographical form - and stylizing them with shape and volume so they transcend beyond their mere semantic function.

Focusing on the sculptural quality of individual letters, Peeta boldly ruptures words - readapting them into idiom and gestures learned off the street. He creates dynamic pieces where lines dance around twisting forms, and successfully integrates his lettering style into the fluidity of the urban environment.

The role of sculpture in Peeta's work has come to be an essential tool in the artist's work, but is also a medium which Peeta has mastered with exceptional skill. Working three-dimensionally has enabled Peeta to understand light and shadow and assisted him in reproducing these effects onto canvas.

Despite the depth of research into the technical and formal perfection of form, the result of Peeta's three-dimensional painting also withholds a transcendent aspect. Shadows, depth, fluidity and perceptive tricks lead the mind into an exploration.

Peeta has been a graffiti artist since 1993 and currently living in Venice, Italy. He is a member of the EAD crew (Padova, Italy), FX and RWK crews (New York City) and has exhibited across Europe and the United States.