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Invader — Rubik Griffith Water Tank
Invader

Rubik Griffith Water Tank

2025

Rubik Griffith Water Tank is a quintessential Invader work that pushes his celebrated Rubik's cube medium into new formal and conceptual territory, transforming a recognisable Los Angeles landmark into a shimmering, pixelated vision mounted on perspex. The use of Rubik's cubes as a mosaic material is one of Invader's most inventive and culturally resonant gestures, drawing on the puzzle's iconic status as a symbol of problem-solving, logic, and 1980s pop culture to construct images that blur the line between toy and fine art. Perspex as a mounting surface adds luminosity and a sleek modernity, allowing light to interact with the cubes and shift the image's appearance depending on the viewer's angle and environment. The Griffith Water Tank, a fixture of the Los Angeles skyline, becomes a meditation on urban memory and the way cities are perceived and remembered — rendered here as a glitching, low-resolution snapshot of place and time. This work encapsulates Invader's genius for finding poetry in pixels, turning a humble puzzle toy into a tool for mapping the cultural landscape of a city.

Medium
Rubik's cubes on perspex
Dimensions

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Invader, Rubik Griffith Water Tank, 2025

Rubik Griffith Water Tank is a quintessential Invader work that pushes his celebrated Rubik's cube medium into new formal and conceptual territory, transforming a recognisable Los Angeles landmark into a shimmering, pixelated vision mounted on perspex. The use of Rubik's cubes as a mosaic material is one of Invader's most inventive and culturally resonant gestures, drawing on the puzzle's iconic status as a symbol of problem-solving, logic, and 1980s pop culture to construct images that blur the line between toy and fine art. Perspex as a mounting surface adds luminosity and a sleek modernity, allowing light to interact with the cubes and shift the image's appearance depending on the viewer's angle and environment. The Griffith Water Tank, a fixture of the Los Angeles skyline, becomes a meditation on urban memory and the way cities are perceived and remembered — rendered here as a glitching, low-resolution snapshot of place and time. This work encapsulates Invader's genius for finding poetry in pixels, turning a humble puzzle toy into a tool for mapping the cultural landscape of a city.

Medium
Rubik's cubes on perspex
Dimensions
140 x 194 x 3 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Nostalgic Theme, Street Art, 3D Installation, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Interactive Art, Rainbow Colors, Playful Mood, Found Objects, Contemporary

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery