Listen to My Artistic Story on Google Podcasts In a nutshell : Raymond’s art is deeply shaped by NYC and his engagement with the world. He explores diverse cultures, addressing collective trauma and the human experience through powerful imagery. His work builds bridges—connecting people, fostering empathy, and overcoming boundaries. Passionate Read more…
An Interview by Maria-Jésus Hernaez Lerena, PHD. La Univeritad de la Rioja, Spain. Feb. 15. 2022 [YouTube] “How Do You Think That Art Can Contribute to Social Justice?” The concept of “art” has, in contemporary discourse, become increasingly complex, often to the point of confusion and over-complication. But can we Read more…
COURRIER INTERNATIONAL – Témoignages Harcèlement, blocus, terrorisme : le cri du cœur du village Burkinabè de Yondé. Publié le 19 mars 2023, Paris. Courrier international – Testimonials – Harassment, blockade, terrorism: the cry from the heart of the Burkinabe village of Yondé. Published: March 19, 2023, Paris. Courrier international – Testimonianze Read more…
Xilografie originali pubblicate dal 2003 al 2014, edite in tiratura limitatissima. Exhibition of a limited edition of the original linocuts commissioned and published, between 2003 and 2014, by the The New York Times – Exposition d’éditions à tirages limités de lino-gravures publiées, durant la periode 2003-2014, par le New York Read more…
Xilografie originali pubblicate dal 2003 al 2014. 19 novembre 2022 – Ora 18.00 – galleria ” il Bostrico ” , Via Stefano Grosso 39 – Albissola Marina, Italia. We are waiting for you on Saturday. Opening exhibition of original linocuts published by The New York Times from 2003 to 2014. Read more…
The New York Times’ Original Linoleum Cuts Limited Edition First time edition of 32 of the original linoleum cuts blocks publishes into a limited edition on rice paper as original hand printed images. Now available to the public and to be exhibited as an entity. All the 32 images has Read more…
DRAWINGS, PHOTOS & NOTES FROM MY FIRESCAPE DURING THE 2020’s LOCKDOWN Astor Place, New York, at the eve of the Covid19 crises. Something is cooking, nobody known, but the sky feels heavier than lead MANHATTAN, THE LOCATION: Out of this crazy race about building higher and higher, one can find Read more…
Una intervista de la Giornalista di l’Ovadese, Italia, pubblicata giovedi 26 novembre 2020: Patrizia Pesce – [ Journalist at l’Ovadese, Italy. An Interview published Thursday November 26, 2020 – Not planned, but symbolically during Thanksgiving day in the USA.] My Full Original Interview [ English version] Last spring, during the Read more…
Nine years ago today, in January 22, 2010, was published a commissioned linoleum cut by the New York Times’ Op-Ed, to illustrate ” To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature” by Mark Danner. The article came out soon after an horrific earthquake stoke Haiti. I had terrible human consequences Read more…
The Civil Right Movement remains, even today, a very hard and complex issue, its components have many facets, like we are visually familiar with “the marches” for example. Today I was looking for an illustration relating to “speeches”, I came across this image I created over a decade ago. The Read more…
It was in November 13 y ago, violence burst out in the streets of Paris, today we are on the very early of December and we are back into the same cycle, and it hardly matter if it is or not labeled for exactly the same reasons . This prouves Read more…
13 years ago “IABLIS Jahrbuch für europäische Progresse “ [ Yearbook for European Progress ] invited me to create a series of 13 linoleum cuts for it’s “4. Jahrgang” [ Year issue ] 2005, ” Übersprungene Identität: Von Proto-Nationen und Post-Existenzen” [Skipped Identity: From Proto Nations and Post Existence ]. Aside Read more…
12 years ago: ongoing humanitarian crisis perpetrated by wars. Commissioned and published linoleum cut to illustrate ” Darfur’s Fleeting Moment ” by Antony Lake and Francis Fukuyama. New York Times, Op-Ed Sunday May 21, 2006. “Darfur Fleeting Moment”- The New York Times- Week in Review- May 21, 2006 – Linoleum Read more…
April 20, 2006: commissioned and published linoleum cut illustration by the New York Times, Op-Ed. on Earth Day, ” Not Out of The Wood Just Yet ” by Don Melnick and Mary Pearl. ” The people most vulnerable to the disappearance of forests are the poor: nearly three-quarters of the Read more…