Name: Ik For Msf
Brand: Invader
Rating: 4.9 (226 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Invader's Ik For Msf, created in 2017, is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This ceramic artwork, is currently unsigned, and has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 21%. This piece is rare to the market, having been sold once at auction on 22nd June 2020. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £9,203 in February 2017 to £32,368 in October 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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June 2020

Digard - France

Ik For Msf - Ceramic

Meaning & Analysis

This ceramic mosaic from 2017 is a limited edition of 25 from Invader’s Invasion Kits series. It represents one of Invader’s famous Space Invader characters, which he drew from the Japanese Taito video game, rendered here through white ceramic tiles. The Invader is represented against a simple red backdrop and looks towards the viewer.

Made for Over the Influence, a Los Angeles and Hong Kong-based gallery, this piece is perhaps one of the most poignant and significant of Invader’s production, epitomising the artist’s philanthropic work. Having held different solo exhibitions for Over the Influence, one in 2018 entitled Into The White Cube in Los Angeles and the most recent one in Hong Kong entitled Hanging, Invader partnered with the gallery in 2017 to distribute a very limited set of this Invasion Kit.

The Kit was made especially for Médicins Sans Frontièrs (Doctors without borders), an international humanitarian organisation providing medical care in conflict zones and countries affected by endemic diseases. Thus all the profits made from the sales were directed automatically to help the organisation.

This is the first time in which Invader makes explicit his philanthropic engagement, making this piece an incredible and invaluable collector’s find.