Primavera
About The Artwork
Primavera explores themes of renewal, the cycles of the moon, and the beauty of coming into womanhood. The woman depicted in the piece appears to embody nature itself, surrounded by blooming plants and flowers. The piece exudes a feeling of freedom and wildness, reminding us of the power and importance of awakening. The chair in the foreground imitates the movement of a snake, symbolizing the importance of knowledge and being present in order to understand the world we live in. Overall, this artwork serves as a celebration of the natural world and encourages us to embrace the cycles of life and appreciate the beauty of the world around us.
Fine Art printing, Archival Paper 315 g, signed and numbered.
Details & Dimension
Printmaking: Digital on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of: 30
Size:39.9 W x 59.9 H x 0.8 D cm
Original Created: 2021
Subjects: Portrait
Materials: Paper
Styles: Contemporary Figurative Fine Art Portraiture
Number: 22/30
About the Artist
Stefania Tejada is a contemporary artist whose work speaks to the strength, resilience, and power of modern women. Her work is a reflection of her Colombian heritage as a Latin American woman, drawing inspiration from her personal history.
Tejada’s vibrantly colored compositions depict female figures always in the foreground and at the center of her composition—most often looking the viewer straight in the eye. In the background, lives a multiplicity of lush vegetation. The artist creates a symphony of cultural, and geographical references where a diversity of natural elements hold great symbolism.
The wilderness also symbolises the rawness of human beings. Her women are ‘unleashed’, ‘undomesticated’ and ‘untamed’ reverting back to a natural state; going beyond canonical and patriarchal tales of the connection between women and nature.
Tejada’s work celebrates the multiplicity of the feminine; giving substance to her feminist visions. But most fundamentally, Tejada’s images are about the experience of being a woman in and from Latin America. She honors diversity, humanity, and cultural heritage. At the intersection of race, class, and gender, Tejada aspires to convey all aspects of the female experience.
Tejada is represented by MtArt Agency.
Finding Hope, night view, Paris, France, 2020
About the Artwork
Cover of TIME magazine published on April 16, 2020.
« I wanted to do something from the beginning of the confinement. I realized how the streets are empty, how people are questioning when and how we’re going to be able to go back to the streets. How people are looking at the street from their windows. Maybe I could just paste an image so that suddenly a sidewalk turns into something else.
Of course, the crosswalk is a beautiful thing anybody around the world can understand. We have the same « thing » everywhere that I wanted to play with. Having an anonymous person looking through it, with eyes of hope and question and just wonder of what is going on out there.
Depending on which situation you’re in right now, this image will talk to you differently. Depending on if you’re fully confined, if you have to go to work every day, if you have to go to the hospital every day. And that’s what I wanted to create, something that speaks to all of us. Depending on our own narrative, depending on what we’re going through right now. So, for me, if I’m reading this image, I’m looking at the hope of looking at what’s happening in the street like we’re doing every day, peeking an eye through the window, of when life will come back. But, you know, someone else might see differently.
JR - Extract from « TIME, making of the cover »
Details & Dimension
Dimensions : 29.6 x 19.7 inches approx.
Date : June 2020
Technique : 15 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine
Paper : White paper BFK Rives - 300 grams
Number: 49/180
Numbered /180 on the bottom left corner
Signed by JR on the bottom right corner (stamp and lead)
About the Artist
JR has the largest art gallery in the world. Using the technique of photographic collage, he exhibits freely on walls around the world, attracting the attention of those who do not usually frequent museums.
Author of the 28 Millimeters project which he began in the Clichy-Montfermeil region in 2004, he continued in the Middle East with Face 2 Face (2007), in Brazil or in Kenya for Women Are Heroes (2008-2011), whose documentary is presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 (Critics Week).
JR creates “infiltrating art”. During collage actions, communities participate in the artistic process. In these actions, no scene separates the actors from the spectators. JR's anonymity and the absence of explanation accompanying his immense portraits allow him to leave free space for an encounter between a subject/actor and a passer-by/interpreter, which constitutes the essence of his work.
In 2011, he received the Ted Prize which gave him the opportunity to make a wish to change the world. He created Inside Out, an international participatory art project that allows people around the world to receive a print of their portrait, then paste it to support an idea, a project, an action and to share this experience.
In 2014, in collaboration with the New York City Ballet, he used the language of dance to tell his version of the riots in the Clichy-Montfermeil district. He created Les Bosquets, a ballet and short film, whose music was composed by Woodkid, Hans Zimmer and Pharrell Williams, and which was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival.
At the same time, JR worked in the abandoned Ellis Island hospital, an important place in the history of immigration – and made the short film ELLIS, with Robert De Niro.
In 2016, JR was invited by the Louvre, where he made the pyramid disappear using a surprising anamorphosis. The same year, during the Rio Olympic Games, he created new gigantic sculptural installations across the city, to highlight the beauty of the sporting gesture.
GIANTS Miguel, Casa Amarela, Morro da Providência, Rio de Ja
About the Artwork
10 years ago, at the very top of Brazil’s first favela, Morro da Providência, was founded Casa Amarela. Since then, it has turned into a cultural center, which aims to make art and culture as reachable as possible to its inhabitants.
Everyday, Casa Amarela opens its doors to children, teenagers and adults, offering a wide range of activities, such as, arts, theatre, dancing, music, alphabetization, French, English and sports such as boxe and capoeira.
With time, many partnerships have been built with local activists, artists and teachers but also other cultural centers that now allow for this very diverse program held at Casa Amarela. Some would say it is a sanctuary for those who come to participate, others would call it a peaceful place where the main pillars are: the arts, culture and education.
At Casa Amarela, you can even dream of reaching the moon, especially since there is one at the top of the house, that welcomes artists from all over Brazil and the world for artistic residencies, during which the artists come to discover life at Providência, and share their passion and art with the youth of the community.
This lithograph was produced to mark the 10th anniversary of Casa Amarela. All proceeds from sales were donated to the school.
Details & Dimension
Dimensions : 18.11 x 14.17 inches approx.
Date : November 2019
Technique : 14 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine
Paper : White paper BFK Rives - 250 grams
Number: 93/250
Numbered /250 on the left side corner
Signed by JR on the right side corner
About the Artist
JR’s practice lies at the intersection of photography, street art, film, and social practice. The artist is best known for his site-specific public interventions, which usually feature large-scale, black-and-white photographs overlaid on building façades, stadium seats, and a variety of other architectural and landscape features.
His practice often comments on such issues as incarceration, immigrant rights, and poverty—yet JR infuses his work with joy and hope for change. He has exhibited in cities including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, and Seoul.
JR’s work belongs in the collections of the Musée de l'Élysée, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum Frieder Burda.
In addition to his public interventions, JR has produced a number of films, including a collaboration with the famed French director Agnès Varda.
JR au Louvre 29 Mars 2019, 18h08 © Pyramide, architecte I. M
About the Artwork
JR AU LOUVRE & LE SECRET DE LA GRANDE PYRAMIDE
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, JR created a collaborative piece of art at the scale of the Napoleon Courtyard. Three years after making the Pyramid disappear, the artist brought a new light to the famed monument by organizing a gigantic pasting, thanks to the help of 400 volunteers !
Each day hundreds of volunteers came to help cut and paste the 2000 strips of paper, making it the largest pasting ever done by the artist. On March 29, 2019 JR au Louvre & Le Sectet de la Grande Pyramide is finally revealed.
The images, like life, are ephemeral. Once pasted, the art piece lives on its own. The sun dries the light glue and with every step, people tear pieces of the fragile paper. The process is all about participation of volunteers, visitors, and souvenir catchers. This project is also about presence and absence, about reality and memories, about impermanence.
Details & Dimension
Dimensions : 13.77 x 18.1 inches approx.Date : march 2021
Technique : 20 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine
Paper : White paper BFK Rives - 300 grams
Number: 102/250
Numbered /250 on the bottom left corner
Signed by JR on the bottom right corner
About the Artist
JR’s practice lies at the intersection of photography, street art, film, and social practice. The artist is best known for his site-specific public interventions, which usually feature large-scale, black-and-white photographs overlaid on building façades, stadium seats, and a variety of other architectural and landscape features.
His practice often comments on such issues as incarceration, immigrant rights, and poverty—yet JR infuses his work with joy and hope for change. He has exhibited in cities including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, and Seoul.
JR’s work belongs in the collections of the Musée de l'Élysée, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum Frieder Burda.
In addition to his public interventions, JR has produced a number of films, including a collaboration with the famed French director Agnès Varda.
Migrants, Mayra, Picnic Across the Border, Tecate, Mexico –
About the Artwork
In 2017, JR created a gigantic installation of a toddler named Kikito peeking over the border fence that separates the United States and Mexico. On the final day of the installation, JR organized a picnic that took place across both sides of the fence. Kikito, his family, and hundreds of guests from both the United States and Mexico came together to share a meal.
Everyone gathered around a long table that stretched across both sides of the fence. The table showed the eyes of a Dreamer - a term that describes undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. It was a joyous occasion as people passed food and tea back and forth and enjoyed the music of a mariachi band–half the ensemble played on each side of the fence. For a few hours, the division disappeared.
Details & Dimension
Technique: The print on the top of the skateboard includes the artist's printed signature. Made from 7-ply A-grade Canadian maple wood. Easyfix wall bracket included for each board.
Signature: Certificate of authenticity stamped by the artist's studio.
Edition: 500
Number: 192/500
Dimension: 80 cm x 20 cm
Date: 2019
Producer: The Skateroom
About the Artist
JR’s practice lies at the intersection of photography, street art, film, and social practice. The artist is best known for his site-specific public interventions, which usually feature large-scale, black-and-white photographs overlaid on building façades, stadium seats, and a variety of other architectural and landscape features.
His practice often comments on such issues as incarceration, immigrant rights, and poverty—yet JR infuses his work with joy and hope for change. He has exhibited in cities including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, and Seoul.
JR’s work belongs in the collections of the Musée de l'Élysée, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum Frieder Burda.
In addition to his public interventions, JR has produced a number of films, including a collaboration with the famed French director Agnès Varda.
Roma
About the Artwork
Self-portrait of the artist painted while she was traveling in Roma.
Artwork acquired with le Cercle de l'Art - see below.
Disclaimer : picture of the exact artwork to be updated.
Details & Dimension
Date: 2019
Paper: Gansaï on paper
Dimensions: 29,7 x 21 cm
Number: Unique Work of Art
Dated and signed
About the Artist
At 25, Tiffany Bouelle, painter and performer committed to the liberation of women's voices, was spotted by LVMH for an artistic collaboration when she publicly presented personal drawings for the first time. Her work is then represented in major French institutions such as the Monnaie de Paris, the JAD and the Musée des Arts et Métiers but also at the contemporary art fair Asia Now in 2019-2020 then at the BAD Bordeaux in 2023.
Trained by her Japanese grandfather with traditional calligraphy, Tiffany takes ownership of her family heritage by spending all her summers since the age of seven in the land of the rising sun. It was only in 2020 during the second confinement that she appropriated this teaching with European mediums by producing a first series entitled "The female object", the artist received confessions from women in her apartment and painted the shapes and colors that appear during this exchange, more than 300 women will be met during these years.
Bouelle's work has Blue as its signature, which she will use obsessively until 2022 and with the birth of her son in 2023 she will assert a new palette and technicality with her series "Seinaru Mori"/ "the sacred forest of the post partum" which will be exhibited at Galerie Porte B to celebrate the artist's first gallery signing.
Unconventional, Bouelle appropriates media and makes life a playground by making artistic collaborations, her work will be visible in Longchamp boutiques around the world from April 2024 and a personal exhibition will begin in March 2024 at the Royal Heap.
Le Cercle de l'Art
Le Cercle de l'Art was set up in 2020 on the original idea of artist Margaux Derhy, to support emerging French-speaking visual artists.
An original collective bringing together over 100 artists this year, Le Cercle de l'Art encourages artists to build up a monthly income by organising Art Month, creating links between the artists in the collective while offering a 45-hour educational programme and residencies.
Once a year, in April, Le Cercle organises Art Month. During this month, collectors can acquire one of the works of the artist they support in 12 monthly instalments over the course of a year. This system guarantees artists a regular income, enabling them to continue producing over the long term. By joining the artist's circle of collectors, the buyer benefits from exclusive advantages.
Le Cercle is committed to supporting women artists in their projects by developing an active and caring community of artists through an online platform that encourages exchanges and the organisation of meetings in Paris.
Le Cercle de l'Art also offers its members and the general public a year-round programme of events to enhance their knowledge, including artist talks, art history courses, practical courses run by artists, philosophy courses and talks by experts.
Finally, residencies and exhibitions are organised throughout the year by Le Cercle and the participating artists.
Bonbon de féminité 1
About the Artwork
“My art illustrates my search for Femininity. I am inspired by my own story. The story of a child who became a girl, then a woman and who searches for her Femininity. I am inspired by the female body, my body, but also that of other women. I observe and transcribe. Often in “close-up”, to see better. And I simplify. Almost to the point of exaggeration by making everything minimalist, abstract. To get us lost, to make us think, to push us to look better. And while undressing these women's bodies, I dress them in colors and materials. My art is a search for Femininity. Femininity often too little revealed. »
Details & Dimension
Date: 2021
Paper: Sennelier extrafine watercolor on paper
Dimension: 25 x 19 cm
Number: Unique Work of Art
Signed 'Raphaële' (lower right)
About the Artist
Raphaële Anfré is a stylist and model maker, and a great enthusiast of art and crafts. She has always drawn, as long as she can remember. After studying at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, she joined a women's ready-to-wear house in Paris. She will then be responsible for the creation, development and production of the collections. In 2016, she left her position and decided to devote herself fully to drawing.
She then adopted a new way of drawing. She, who until now, used techniques learned at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, decided to no longer use pencil or eraser. She then eliminates the notion of error in drawing, and chooses to apply color directly. In 2018, she launched her own clothing brand, which she named “Ë.L.E” after the last three letters of her first name. It is also a nod to “ELLE”, the Femininity which never ceases to inspire her. She creates high-end women's ready-to-wear with a collection of unique pieces that she paints by hand.
Raphaële Anfré's works are colorful, full of curves, sensuality, and a touch of humor, she who likes to play with words. Raphaële often speaks of her art as an illustration of “Prudish Eroticism”. Her paintings are directly inspired by the female figure and are a tribute to all forms of femininity.
Her artistic universe is an extension of her world as a fashion designer. Women are at the heart of his inspiration, and his colorful works, full of curves and sensuality, are a tribute to all forms of femininity. In her watercolors, she offers a double reading by revealing naked bodies camouflaged by flowers, leaves and colors to illustrate the importance of looking beyond.
Raphaële has always drawn. Inspired by the female figure, her own but also that of other women, she studies lines, curves, hollows, and reinterprets them. She always begins her creative process with a sketch to find the balance of shapes. She draws it on her support then organically launches into the introduction of colored pigments by playing with associations and shades. A lover of colors and paper, she considers watercolor to be a fabulous medium to combine her two passions. By playing with water and transparency, the ranges of colors are phenomenal and infinite, meeting the texture of beautifully grained papers. A fabulous process to see and do! The layout is minimalist and abstract in order to get us lost, to make us think.
Raphaële undresses female bodies and adorns them with colors and textures. She questions all types of femininity, and as the latter can sometimes be overwhelming, moving or respond to the injunction, she plays with it with a profusion of colors, minimalism, a touch of humor and pleasure! Recently, the artist was inspired by the beauty of the Rwandan landscapes. A new series of fabulous landscapes has emerged, in which we find this African light which inspires him in his treatment of color. The result is decidedly captivating.
Bonbon de féminité 2
About the Artwork
“My art illustrates my search for Femininity. I am inspired by my own story. The story of a child who became a girl, then a woman and who searches for her Femininity. I am inspired by the female body, my body, but also that of other women. I observe and transcribe. Often in “close-up”, to see better. And I simplify. Almost to the point of exaggeration by making everything minimalist, abstract. To get us lost, to make us think, to push us to look better. And while undressing these women's bodies, I dress them in colors and materials. My art is a search for Femininity. Femininity often too little revealed. »
Details & Dimension
Date: 2021
Paper: Sennelier extrafine watercolor on paper
Dimension: 25 x 19 cm
Number: Unique Work of Art
Signed 'Raphaële' (lower right)
About the Artist
Raphaële Anfré is a stylist and model maker, and a great enthusiast of art and crafts. She has always drawn, as long as she can remember. After studying at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, she joined a women's ready-to-wear house in Paris. She will then be responsible for the creation, development and production of the collections. In 2016, she left her position and decided to devote herself fully to drawing.
She then adopted a new way of drawing. She, who until now, used techniques learned at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, decided to no longer use pencil or eraser. She then eliminates the notion of error in drawing, and chooses to apply color directly. In 2018, she launched her own clothing brand, which she named “Ë.L.E” after the last three letters of her first name. It is also a nod to “ELLE”, the Femininity which never ceases to inspire her. She creates high-end women's ready-to-wear with a collection of unique pieces that she paints by hand.
Raphaële Anfré's works are colorful, full of curves, sensuality, and a touch of humor, she who likes to play with words. Raphaële often speaks of her art as an illustration of “Prudish Eroticism”. Her paintings are directly inspired by the female figure and are a tribute to all forms of femininity.
Her artistic universe is an extension of her world as a fashion designer. Women are at the heart of his inspiration, and his colorful works, full of curves and sensuality, are a tribute to all forms of femininity. In her watercolors, she offers a double reading by revealing naked bodies camouflaged by flowers, leaves and colors to illustrate the importance of looking beyond.
Raphaële has always drawn. Inspired by the female figure, her own but also that of other women, she studies lines, curves, hollows, and reinterprets them. She always begins her creative process with a sketch to find the balance of shapes. She draws it on her support then organically launches into the introduction of colored pigments by playing with associations and shades. A lover of colors and paper, she considers watercolor to be a fabulous medium to combine her two passions. By playing with water and transparency, the ranges of colors are phenomenal and infinite, meeting the texture of beautifully grained papers. A fabulous process to see and do! The layout is minimalist and abstract in order to get us lost, to make us think.
Raphaële undresses female bodies and adorns them with colors and textures. She questions all types of femininity, and as the latter can sometimes be overwhelming, moving or respond to the injunction, she plays with it with a profusion of colors, minimalism, a touch of humor and pleasure! Recently, the artist was inspired by the beauty of the Rwandan landscapes. A new series of fabulous landscapes has emerged, in which we find this African light which inspires him in his treatment of color. The result is decidedly captivating.
Ton soleil fait des vagues
About the Artwork
Print bought after having met the artist at her Vernissage of her exhibition "Couleurs en échos" at the Reuter Bausch Gallery in Luxembourg in May 2024.
Details & Dimension
Date: 2023
Paper: Impression Fine Art on Canson arques aquarel rag 310g
Dimension: 40 x 40 cm
Number: 5/20
Signed 'Soraya D.' (lower right on the back)
About the Artist
Born in 1993 in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France, Soraya Dagman lives and works in Côtes d'Armor, France.
Using oil paint, Soraya works with light, shadows and textures, depicting drapery in scenes that oscillate between surrealism and ultra-figuration. The importance she places on drawing, and in particular on observing her models, lends her compositions a deep attachment to a certain reality. Indeed, the preparation of her canvas is an essential stage, between the first sketches, the drawing that enables her to anticipate the placement of light and shadow, and sometimes the composition of real scenes that she photographs to use as models.
But beyond this technical aspect, the dreamlike nature of the colors she uses, particularly violet, is her way of capturing the poetic soul of everyday banalities, and making them perceptible through painting. The same is true of the sometimes unusual associations of the objects she paints, or the lassive attitudes of her models, which always take us back to a world imbued with mysteriousness.
By combining a realistic technique with surrealist elements, Soraya has fun bringing out the mystical in the real, or the senseless in the ordinary. The formats presented at Galerie Le Rayon Vert illustrate some fragments of this approach.
Unamed
About the Artwork
The Montreux Jazz Festival entrusted French artist Camille Walala with designing the poster for its 56th edition, which will take place from 1 to 16 July 2022. A colourful, bright and festive work, just like the Festival itself.
A polyphony of electric colours and dancing shapes sets the tone for the next edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival. This vibrant poster is the work of Camille Walala, a French artist based in London, renowned for her colourful geometric creations, capturing public spaces and magnifying urban landscapes.
Between pop art and constructivism, Camille Walala’s digital collage embodies the energy of the Festival by exploring its contrasts and diversity. Sometimes flowing, sometimes straight, geometric shapes of all kinds are revealed in two or three dimensions. Solid colours are combined with textured patterns like confetti. The bright colours stand out among the black and white stripes, evoking the keys of a piano in places.
“For the Festival poster, I wanted to convey movement and rhythm with dancing shapes and a wide variety of colours. I have several notebooks full of various patterns and motifs that form the basis of my visual vocabulary. Like a piece of music, I use these different contrasting elements to find a balance, a harmony.” - Camille Walala
Details & Dimension
Date: 2022
Edition: 25
Number: 25/25
Dimension:
Signed by the Artist on the lower right
About the Artist
Known for her ambitious, large-scale and explosively colourful interventions in public spaces, Camille Walala uses the man-made landscape as a platform for disseminating positivity. Her work encompasses full-facade murals, immersive 3D installations, street art, interiors and set design – characterised by a fusion of bold colours and playful geometric patterns.
Since her ‘Dream Come True Building’ burst onto the Shoreditch streetscape in 2015 and thrust her into the spotlight, Camille and her creative producer, Julia Jomaa, have been engaged in an increasingly bold roster of international projects. These have included collaborations with leading global brands – such as LEGO, for whom she created the HOUSE OF DOTS; the creative direction of the groundbreaking Mauritian hotel SALT of Palmar; and a slew of major installations for events like NYC’s WantedDesign and London Design Festival – including Walala Lounge, as complete suite of semi-permanent street furniture that transformed South Molton Street, Mayfair, into a corridor of colour.
Camille finds inspiration in community and collaboration, and the power or colour and pattern to transform atmospheres, elevate moods and spark positivity.
3D Little Big Space
About the Artwork
Invader has become internationally known for his pixelated mosaics signature that can be seen across the globe.
In 2019, the largest one was installed in the heart of Paris, on a wall located opposite the Centre Pompidou. It depicts a half space invader, which allows the audience to imagine how massive it is in its entirety.
Represented in full, in volume, but at 2% of the original size, this sculpture edited by Musart in 2022 is called 3D Little Big Space and is ready to make its way into your home!
Details & Dimension
Two-sided 3D sculpture
Dimensions: 28 x 20 x 4cm / 11 x 7.8 x 1.6’’
Material: Vinyl
Number: limited edition of 5,000 pieces.
Each piece is numbered and engraved with the signature of the artist on the sculpture’s foot.
About the Artist
In the late 1990s, anonymous French artist Invader began cementing and gluing ceramic mosaic Space Invaders—pixelated characters from the eponymous 1978 video game—across the streets of Paris. He expanded his roster to include Pac-Man ghosts and other popular 8-bit characters, and his works now adorn cities around the world, from Los Angeles to Kathmandu.
Along with these clandestine works of street art, Invader has produced mosaics on Perspex panel, plywood, and book covers. He has also created paintings, drawings, and screen prints in his signature pixelated style.
These works regularly sell for six figures on the secondary market. In 2019, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti brought one of Invader’s works to the International Space Station, about 248 miles above Earth. Invader has exhibited internationally, with shows in Los Angeles, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong, among other cities.
He is best known for pixelated mosaics installed in cities around the world. Invader’s works are composed of tiles resembling the vintage graphics from the video game Space Invaders, the source of the artist’s pseudonym.
“I have never been tempted to reveal my identity,” the artist has said. “What I do and create is more important than who exactly I am.” Like Banksy and Shepard Fairey , Invader uses public space as a canvas and has “invaded” streets on an international scale with a unique brand of graffiti, taking imagery from popular culture and translating it into chunky, retro graphics.
Born in 1969 in Paris, France, Invader continues to live and work in the city.
MIMA Rubiks Cube x Invader Limited Edition Rubikcubist
About the Artwork
Released for Invader’s retrospective Rubikcubist show at MIMA Brussels.
Details & Dimension
Medium: Limited edition Invader Rubik’s Cube in silkscreened box.
Edition: 5000
Size: 6 x 6 x 6cm
Year: 2022
About the Artist
In the late 1990s, anonymous French artist Invader began cementing and gluing ceramic mosaic Space Invaders—pixelated characters from the eponymous 1978 video game—across the streets of Paris. He expanded his roster to include Pac-Man ghosts and other popular 8-bit characters, and his works now adorn cities around the world, from Los Angeles to Kathmandu.
Along with these clandestine works of street art, Invader has produced mosaics on Perspex panel, plywood, and book covers. He has also created paintings, drawings, and screen prints in his signature pixelated style.
These works regularly sell for six figures on the secondary market. In 2019, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti brought one of Invader’s works to the International Space Station, about 248 miles above Earth. Invader has exhibited internationally, with shows in Los Angeles, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong, among other cities.
He is best known for pixelated mosaics installed in cities around the world. Invader’s works are composed of tiles resembling the vintage graphics from the video game Space Invaders, the source of the artist’s pseudonym.
“I have never been tempted to reveal my identity,” the artist has said. “What I do and create is more important than who exactly I am.” Like Banksy and Shepard Fairey , Invader uses public space as a canvas and has “invaded” streets on an international scale with a unique brand of graffiti, taking imagery from popular culture and translating it into chunky, retro graphics.
Born in 1969 in Paris, France, Invader continues to live and work in the city.
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ
About the Artwork
"I created the Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité art piece to show support for France after the Nov. 13, 2015 terror attacks which happened just before the time of my Earth Crisis installation at the Eiffel Tower. The piece was very important to me as a symbol of unity during a dark, tragic moment. I was moved that the art and the message was inspiring for so many people in France, and beyond, and it has remained one of my most requested images since it was first created. I’m excited to be releasing it now as an open edition offset print, accessible for all." – Shepard
Details & Dimension
Date: 2015
Dimension: 24 x 36 inches.
Technique: Offset lithograph
Paper: Thick cream Speckle Tone paper.
Number: Open edition (not numbered).
Signed by Shepard Fairey.
About the Artist
Shepard Fairey is an American graphic artist and social activist who is part of the Street Art movement along with other artists including Banksy and Mr. Brainwash.
Fairey blurs the boundary between traditional and commercial art through type and image, communicating his brand of social critique via prints, murals, stickers, and posters in public spaces. “Art is not always meant to be decorative or soothing, in fact, it can create uncomfortable conversations and stimulate uncomfortable emotions,” he stated.
Born on February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, Fairey graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992 where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in illustration. In 1989 Fairey created the André Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, featuring a stylized image of the wrestler André the Giant. This project was the foundation for his seminal Obey series, which helped to push Fairey into the public spotlight.
The artist is perhaps best known for his Hope (2008) campaign, which portrays a portrait of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, in red, white, and blue. In 2017, the artist created a series of three posters— featuring portraits of culturally diverse women, again using a red, white, and blue color scheme—in response to the xenophobic rhetoric of President-elect Donald Trump. Fairey currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. His works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Make Art Not War
About the Artwork
This print, created during the Iraq war, is an alternative phrase inspired by popular 1960s anti-war mantra, “Make love, not war.” In this case, Fairey asserts the need for creative rather than destructive acts.
The Art Nouveau style of the image is an additional reference to the influence of Art Nouveau on hippie and psychedelic art of the ‘60s, including many anti-Vietnam war posters.
Encased within a floral garland, the female figure appears more self-assured and real rather than ethereal. The placement of two paintbrushes below her portrait not only refers to a classical tool of art production but resembles spears, which when read alongside the directive to “OBEY” that appears on her neck, simultaneously makes the otherwise palatable message more pointed.
Details & Dimension
Date: 2019
Dimension: 24 x 36 inches.
Technique: Offset lithograph
Paper: Thick cream Speckle Tone paper.
Number: Open edition (not numbered).
Signed by Shepard Fairey.
About the Artist
Shepard Fairey is an American graphic artist and social activist who is part of the Street Art movement along with other artists including Banksy and Mr. Brainwash.
Fairey blurs the boundary between traditional and commercial art through type and image, communicating his brand of social critique via prints, murals, stickers, and posters in public spaces. “Art is not always meant to be decorative or soothing, in fact, it can create uncomfortable conversations and stimulate uncomfortable emotions,” he stated.
Born on February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, Fairey graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992 where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in illustration. In 1989 Fairey created the André Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, featuring a stylized image of the wrestler André the Giant. This project was the foundation for his seminal Obey series, which helped to push Fairey into the public spotlight.
The artist is perhaps best known for his Hope (2008) campaign, which portrays a portrait of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, in red, white, and blue. In 2017, the artist created a series of three posters— featuring portraits of culturally diverse women, again using a red, white, and blue color scheme—in response to the xenophobic rhetoric of President-elect Donald Trump. Fairey currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. His works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.