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Damien Hirst & Invader — Spotted Invader 2

Spotted Invader 2

2025

Spotted Invader 2 is perhaps the most direct synthesis in the entire Triple Trouble collection, fusing Damien Hirst's iconic spot paintings with Invader's signature ceramic tile installations into a single unified work. The use of ceramic tiles recalls Invader's decades-long practice of embedding pixelated alien figures into urban architecture worldwide, while the enamel paint on acrylic nods to Hirst's clinical, grid-based color studies. The result is a pixelated creature rendered in the chromatic language of Hirst's spots, making each tile simultaneously a mosaic unit and a color field, collapsing the boundary between street art and gallery art. This material dialogue raises questions about authenticity and context — whether an Invader piece belongs on a Parisian wall or a white cube — themes central to both artists' careers. The work is a genuinely democratic hybrid, neither artist's vision dominating, instead producing something that could not exist without both.

Medium
Ceramic tiles and enamel paint on acrylic
Dimensions

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Damien Hirst & Invader, Spotted Invader 2, 2025

Spotted Invader 2 is perhaps the most direct synthesis in the entire Triple Trouble collection, fusing Damien Hirst's iconic spot paintings with Invader's signature ceramic tile installations into a single unified work. The use of ceramic tiles recalls Invader's decades-long practice of embedding pixelated alien figures into urban architecture worldwide, while the enamel paint on acrylic nods to Hirst's clinical, grid-based color studies. The result is a pixelated creature rendered in the chromatic language of Hirst's spots, making each tile simultaneously a mosaic unit and a color field, collapsing the boundary between street art and gallery art. This material dialogue raises questions about authenticity and context — whether an Invader piece belongs on a Parisian wall or a white cube — themes central to both artists' careers. The work is a genuinely democratic hybrid, neither artist's vision dominating, instead producing something that could not exist without both.

Medium
Ceramic tiles and enamel paint on acrylic
Dimensions
122 x 180.3 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Street Art, Ceramic Tiles, Mixed Media, 2020s, Digital Aesthetic, Contemporary Art, Pixel art style, British, Vibrant Colors, Playful Mood

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Alex Capecelatro, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Brittany Laques