Wow! How serendipitous! I was going to write a post about Parisian street artist, Invader, simply because I really love his work (I always get a stupid grin on my face when I see one of his pieces), and whilst doing a little research on him, I found that he's currently got a show in Chelsea - that ends Saturday the 25th -- tomorrow!!! I don't know how I missed that! Fortunately, his show is at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, and after calling them tonight, I've learned they are one of the few Chelsea galleries that is open on Saturday over the summer (I hope I am not mistaken). Hooray!!!
So I am going to rush over to the gallery tomorrow morning before I take off for the weekend and check out the Invader show before it closes. I will post about what I see on Monday, but in the meantime, here's some info about Invader...
He's a street artist from Paris, who in 1998, began a project in which he "invades" public spaces in cities throughout the world with his artwork created with colorful mosaic tiles that make up characters from the vintage Atari video game Space Invaders (and sometimes Pac Man ghosts as well), creating pieces with a digital pixel feel. Currently these works can be found in 40 major cities across the globe, spanning 5 continents!
Top 10, the artist's current solo show at Jonathan LeVine, uses tiles as well as Rubik's Cubes to recreate his personal selection of the top ten album covers of his generation. The Clash's London Calling, The Beatles' Abbey Road, The Sex Pistols' Nevermind the Bollocks, Nirvana's Nevermind, and The Velvet Underground's Warhol illustrated banana album cover, are all represented using his unique technique of Rubikcubism. Awesome! I really hope I'm able to make it to see this show before it closes. If not, I am going to be one very sad Art Hag :*( Fingers crossed!
Read more at the Jonathan LeVine website here. And check out the artist's very cool website here. It includes a map of cities that have been "invaded" as well as some other samples of his work from this project.
A Rubikcubism Pac Man ghost above the entry-way to my favorite NYC shop, Comme des Garcons, on West 22nd Street.
A Space Invader around the corner on West 21st Street and the Westside Highway (northeast corner).
Jonathan LeVine showcases some of my favorite art. They're my go-to resource for finding pop surrealist paintings, in particular.
Posted by: Stephanie | 07/27/2009 at 03:09 PM