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Alert (2020) is a 60 x 60 cm print emblematic of Invader's work, transposing the pixelated aesthetics of video games and digital culture into the realm of publishing. The work features an iconic figure evoking a warning or threat, constructed from a rigorous grid of black and white squares, at the center of which appears a gray motif reminiscent of the original Space Invaders. This frontal composition, deliberately simple and immediately legible, plays on the tension between graphic signal and coded image, while retaining a strong symbolic charge linked to surveillance, control and the circulation of images in public space. With its visual clarity, its coherence with Invader's work as a whole and its anchorage in contemporary digital issues, Alert is a significant and sought-after piece in his recent printed output.
About the artist
Invader (b. 1969, France) is a leading figure in urban art. He is famous for his Space Invader-inspired mosaics, installed on the walls of over 80 cities worldwide. His work, both discreet and omnipresent, questions visual invasion, collective memory and urban cartography.
His visual language, based on the pixel as a basic unit, evokes geek culture, street art and the decorative arts. He also creates limited-edition works, such as this silkscreen, which translate his universe into more intimate formats.
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