Invasion Kit, Red
Invasion Kit, Red
Signed Print
Invader
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 50
Year: 2009
Size: H 30cm x W 42cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Sotheby's Online | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2020 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2019 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2018 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This signed print from 2009 is a limited edition of 50 from Invader’s Invasion Kits series. The rectangular print portrays over a hundred small mosaic tiles and depicts one of Invader’s iconic Space Invader, the Japanese video game characters which Invader has been disseminating across the globe in his Invasion Waves. Against a bright red background, the white Space Invader almost entirely occupies the composition, addressing the spectator with his pitch-black eyes.
At once one of Invader’s most simple and yet instantly recognisable pieces, this print is telling in its apparent simplicity. As its title suggests, despite being a print, the artwork is meant to reference the mosaic Invasion Kit series and to artworks like Invasion Kit 13, Made in Japan, or Invasion Kit 16, Flashinvader where similarly Invader depicts a Space Invader against an apparently simple background, making use of a palette of two or three primary colours juxtaposed next to one another. In this case, the artist uses a bright red tone for the background, hence the title of the piece, to evidence the stark contrast with the white Space Invader.
Thus, the print situates itself within a larger production of Invader, and pays homage to his Invasion Kits. At the same time, given its medium, the piece also references Invader’s earliest engagements with print as a medium apt to better democratise and disseminate the private ownership and possession of his artworks. Coalescing Invader’s interest in prints and his mosaic-based pieces, this piece is a rare and unique find, able to captivate any Invader collector.
