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Aladdin Sane (blue) - Signed Print by Invader 2014 - MyArtBroker

Aladdin Sane (blue)
Signed Print

Invader

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 65

Year: 2014

Size: H 45cm x W 45cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Invader's Aladdin Sane (blue) (signed), a screenprint from 2014, is estimated to be worth between £11,500 and £17,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 36%. This is a rare piece with an auction history of one sale on 28th June 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 65.

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June 2022Artcurial France

Meaning & Analysis

This signed screen print from 2014 is a limited edition of 65 from Invader’s Aladdin Sane series. It shows one of Invader’s famous Space Invader characters, through which the artist has reached world-fame, masked in the guise of singer David Bowie, who is instantly recognisable in his Aladdin Sane album cover shot by Brian Duffy. The print represents the singer in a pixelated, 8-bit version of his most iconic portrait, typical of Invader’s appropriative gestures and inventive visual language whereby popular imagery is constantly taken up and reinvented by the artist through his signature technique which references the earliest days of digital imagery.

In this print, which also comes in other three colour variations (Pinky, Yellow and Orange), Invader engages once again with the world-known singer. Indeed, Invader’s first and to this day most famous project, ‘Space Invader’ quotes in its name not only the Japanese video game Space Invader, from which he drew his initial repertoire of images, but also Bowie’s Moonage Daydream. In the song, featured in his The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Bowie is heard singing ‘I am a space invader’.

It seems then that Invader’s tribute to Bowie might be more widespread than usually acknowledged. After all, the two artists share their fascination with outer space, evident in songs like Starman, and Invader’s Art4Space projects.

  • Anonymous street artist Invader adopted his pseudonym from the 1978 arcade game, Space Invaders, and has continually paid homage to retro, 8-bit video games throughout his career. His work has evolved from the original Space Invader motif since the early 2000s, with other icons such as Pac-Man, Pink Panther and even the Rubik’s Cube becoming staples in his imagery. Invading urban landscapes with his distinctive pixelated mosaic creations, Invader transcends the boundaries of traditional street art by combining playful nostalgia with an urban twist. His unique fusion of retro aesthetics and contemporary commentary has solidified his place in the global art scene.