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Shepard Fairey — David Bowie - Triple Trouble
Shepard Fairey

David Bowie - Triple Trouble

2025

David Bowie - Triple Trouble continues Fairey's series of iconic portrait works using mono-engraving, ink, and charcoal on paper, bringing the chameleonic rock icon into dialogue with the Triple Trouble collaboration's themes of identity, reinvention, and cultural disruption. The mono-engraving technique suits Bowie's subject matter with particular elegance — the singularity and irreproducibility of each pulled print mirrors Bowie's own refusal to be fixed, duplicated, or pinned down across his many artistic personas. Charcoal and ink together create a chiaroscuro drama across the surface, evoking the theatrical stagecraft and visual boldness that defined Bowie's public image from Ziggy Stardust through to Blackstar. Fairey's propaganda-poster visual grammar — strong contrast, iconic framing, confrontational gaze — transforms Bowie into a kind of cultural monument, celebrating him as a figure whose influence operated with the force of a movement. Within the Triple Trouble collection, this work resonates alongside Hirst's and Invader's contributions as a meditation on how individual artistic vision can transcend its medium and become a language shared across generations.

Medium
Mono-engraving, ink and charcoal on paper
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Shepard Fairey, David Bowie - Triple Trouble, 2025

David Bowie - Triple Trouble continues Fairey's series of iconic portrait works using mono-engraving, ink, and charcoal on paper, bringing the chameleonic rock icon into dialogue with the Triple Trouble collaboration's themes of identity, reinvention, and cultural disruption. The mono-engraving technique suits Bowie's subject matter with particular elegance — the singularity and irreproducibility of each pulled print mirrors Bowie's own refusal to be fixed, duplicated, or pinned down across his many artistic personas. Charcoal and ink together create a chiaroscuro drama across the surface, evoking the theatrical stagecraft and visual boldness that defined Bowie's public image from Ziggy Stardust through to Blackstar. Fairey's propaganda-poster visual grammar — strong contrast, iconic framing, confrontational gaze — transforms Bowie into a kind of cultural monument, celebrating him as a figure whose influence operated with the force of a movement. Within the Triple Trouble collection, this work resonates alongside Hirst's and Invader's contributions as a meditation on how individual artistic vision can transcend its medium and become a language shared across generations.

Medium
Mono-engraving, ink and charcoal on paper
Dimensions
121 x 84 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Musical Icon, Artistic Expression, Music Culture, Portrait Series, American Contemporary, 2020s, Paper Medium, Monochromatic Palette, Engraving technique, Charcoal Work

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery