Invader – Rubik Camouflage

Invader's Rubikcubism series, initiated in 2005, represents one of the artist's most conceptually rigorous bodies of work. Drawing exclusively on the six standard colors and modular grid of the Rubik's Cube, Invader constructs pixelated images that sit at the intersection of digital culture, modernist abstraction, and street art. By embracing the cube's strict formal limitations, he transforms a mass-produced puzzle into a contemporary artistic medium.

Rubikcubism operates on principles comparable to Pointillism and early digital imaging: at close range, the composition dissolves into individual color units, while at distance the image coheres into a legible motif. This perceptual shift foregrounds Invader's long-standing interest in resolution, translation, and the mechanics of seeing, themes that run throughout his mosaic street interventions and studio practice alike.

Rubik Camouflage (NVDR1-2) extends this language into a highly refined signed limited edition format. This fine art print translates the tactile logic of physical Rubik's Cube assemblages into a high-gloss, Diasec-mounted surface, intensifying color saturation and spatial clarity. Produced by HENI Editions, the print preserves the graphic precision and optical vibration central to Invader's Rubikcubism while offering durability and museum-level presentation.

As part of Invader's ongoing dialogue between street, object, and edition, Rubik Camouflage stands as a definitive example of how game culture, abstraction, and contemporary image-making converge in his work.

Issued in a limited edition, each print is hand-signed and numbered on the publisher's label affixed to the reverse.

Invader (born 1969) is a French street artist who emerged in Paris in the late 1990s, developing a distinctive visual language using small ceramic tiles arranged in pixelated, 8-bit compositions, most famously his recurring "Space Invader" figures.

Installed directly onto urban architecture, Invader's mosaics transform public space into a playful interface between digital culture and the physical city. His works draw on nostalgia for early gaming while engaging broader themes of repetition, mapping, and cultural infiltration. Each installation forms part of a global project the artist refers to as "invasions," meticulously documented through maps and catalogs that have helped cultivate a dedicated international following.

Invader's mosaics now appear in cities worldwide, including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, making his practice one of the most extensive and recognizable bodies of contemporary street art. Alongside his public interventions, Invader produces studio works and signed limited edition prints that translate his pixel-based aesthetic into collectible formats. These fine art prints bridge the worlds of street art and contemporary art, offering collectors access to his distinctive visual language through editioned works.