Description: [POP ART, STREET ARTISTS, INVADER, PARISIAN ARTISTS, BANKSY ] 'INVADER' & COHEN-SKALI, Jo (Authors)"L'INVASION DE PARIS"Paris. L'Unite Centrale. 2009. First Edition / 2nd printing. (stated) Quarto (9.25 in x 12.0 in). 223pp. Bound in pictorial green boards as shown. Hinges tight and sound. A sharp, crisp, square copy. Overall, fine.A rare copy of the sought after work by the 'French Banksy' who employs interesting aspects of technology to his work. ____________________________Invader is an anonymous French street artist. He is known for his ceramic tile mosaics modeled on the pixelated art of 1970s–1980s 8-bit video games, many of which depict the titular aliens from the arcade games Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. (the inspirations for his pseudonym). As of December 2020, his creations can be seen in highly-visible locations in 79 cities in 20 countries. To accompany his citywide installations, or "Invasions", Invader publishes books and maps as guides to the locations of his mosaics.Invader also makes mosaics using QR codes and stacks of Rubik's Cubes (with the latter typically installed indoors).A graduate of a Parisian École des Beaux-Arts, Invader initially derived inspiration for his creations from the video games he played when he was growing up in the 1970s and 80s.[4] Using tiles to represent the pixels in the games' 8-bit graphics, Invader began making mosaics in Paris in the 1990s, and went on to install mosaics in 31 other cities in France.Invader has since staged "invasions" in cities and countries worldwide, including seven in New York City and three in Hong Kong. He often installs mosaics in culturally and/or historically important locations, with one high-profile example being his December 31st, 1999 mosaic on the letter D of the Hollywood Sign marking the Y2K bug. During subsequent trips to Los Angeles, he also placed mosaics on the eight other letters of the sign.Paris remains a primary location for the artist's work; in June 2011, Invader marked the installation of his 1,000th work in Paris with an exhibition at La Générale entitled 1000. Since 2000, he has also installed more than 70 pieces of work around Hong Kong. As of January 2020, Invader had created mosaics in 79 cities, with 3,858 Space Invaders comprising over 1.5 million ceramic tiles, and had published 24 "invasion maps."In 2012, Invader made a short film Art4Space documenting his attempt to launch one of his aliens into space on a modified weather balloon. Invader also makes QR code mosaics using black and white tiles. The patterns can be easily decoded using standard QR reader smartphone apps; one such message, when decoded, reads, "This is an invasion."Please email any questions -
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Signed: No
Topic: American (US)
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 2009
Original/Facsimile: Original
