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Invader — Rubik Shepard & Damien
Invader

Rubik Shepard & Damien

2025

Invader's 'Rubik Shepard & Damien' is perhaps the most self-referential and celebratory work in the Triple Trouble collection, directly memorializing the collaboration itself by rendering his two creative partners through his signature Rubik's cube mosaic technique mounted on acrylic. The choice of Rubik's cubes — objects synonymous with puzzle-solving, color logic, and obsessive completion — carries rich symbolism: the three artists fitting together like a solved cube, each contributing a distinct 'face' to a unified whole. Invader's pixelated, grid-based aesthetic translates portraiture into the language of 8-bit gaming and digital culture, asserting that identity in the contemporary moment is inherently constructed from discrete, combinable units. The acrylic mounting gives the work a luminous, almost screen-like quality, reinforcing the bridge between physical craft and digital visual culture that defines Invader's practice. As a portrait of artistic kinship rendered in the medium of play, the piece transforms collaboration itself into subject matter.

Medium
Rubik's cubes on acrylic
Dimensions

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Invader, Rubik Shepard & Damien, 2025

Invader's 'Rubik Shepard & Damien' is perhaps the most self-referential and celebratory work in the Triple Trouble collection, directly memorializing the collaboration itself by rendering his two creative partners through his signature Rubik's cube mosaic technique mounted on acrylic. The choice of Rubik's cubes — objects synonymous with puzzle-solving, color logic, and obsessive completion — carries rich symbolism: the three artists fitting together like a solved cube, each contributing a distinct 'face' to a unified whole. Invader's pixelated, grid-based aesthetic translates portraiture into the language of 8-bit gaming and digital culture, asserting that identity in the contemporary moment is inherently constructed from discrete, combinable units. The acrylic mounting gives the work a luminous, almost screen-like quality, reinforcing the bridge between physical craft and digital visual culture that defines Invader's practice. As a portrait of artistic kinship rendered in the medium of play, the piece transforms collaboration itself into subject matter.

Medium
Rubik's cubes on acrylic
Dimensions
118.5 x 174.2 x 3 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Artistic Commentary, Mixed Media, French Artist, Modern Era, Playful Subject, Multicolor Palette, Cultural Reference, Contemporary Art, Witty Mood, Found Objects

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery