Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space
Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space
Ceramic
Invader
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Medium: Ceramic
Format: Ceramic
Year: 2004
Size: H 14cm x W 18cm
Edition size: 150
Signed: No
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Invader's Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space (unsigned) is a ceramic artwork from 2004. This piece has been sold at auction six times since its first sale in November 2018. Over the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £4,735 in November 2019 to £13,649 in June 2021, demonstrating an average annual growth rate of 16%. In the last 12 months, the average sale price was £11,178. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Christie's Paris - France | Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space - Ceramic | |||
| June 2021 | Christie's Paris - France | Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space - Ceramic | |||
| November 2018 | Artcurial - France | Invasion Kit 4, Rubik Space - Ceramic |
Meaning & Analysis
This ceramic mosaic from 2004 is a limited edition of 150 from Invader’s Invasion Kits series. The rectangular mosaic is composed of 63 small mosaic tiles and represents one of Invader’s iconic Space Invaders, the Japanese video game characters which Invader has disseminated across the globe. It depicts a white Space Invader laying against the background of a harlequinesque and colourful background, where Invader alternated red, yellow, blue and green mosaic tiles.
As suggested by its title, this represents Invader’s fourth Invasion Kit, and thus attests to the early development of Invader’s artistic vocabulary, style and techniques. This Invasion Kit was released in 2004 in anticipation of Invader’s first Rubikcubism exhibition, Rubik Space, which was held at the Galerie Patricia Dorfmann, Paris, from 24th March - 7th May 2005. There, Invader presented for the first time to the public his new artistic style, Rubikcubism (see here for instance The Shining or Clockwork Orange), through which Invader recreates the pixelated texture of his usual Space Invaders through twisting dozens of different Rubik Cubes.
The Invasion Kit particularly references one of Invader’s earliest Rubikcubist artworks, Rubik Space, where Invader similarly portrayed a Space Invader against a colourful background. In this sense, the multicoloured array of tiles chosen by Invader can be seen as referencing the colour palette of the Rubik cubes, each tile echoing a face of the cube.
Vivaciously colourful, this Invasion Kit is then not only pleasant to the eye but also collocates itself within an early moment in Invader’s artistic development, bringing together his mosaic techniques and Space Invader characters with the colourfulness of his Rubik cubes artworks, which the Kit anticipates and references.
