Invader (1969) - Potosi Map

Brand-new, never-unfolded map of the invasion of Potosi, Bolivia, by French street artist Invader, for his 4,000th mosaic installed in a city at an altitude of 4,000 m.

Limited edition of the 27th invasion
Limited edition
Sold out
New, never displayed; photos are of my copy
Color archival pigment print
60 cm x 42 cm unfolded
12 cm x 21 cm folded
Carefully shipped, tracked and insured
Gallery receipt available on request

Map of his 80th invaded city, it features 53 mosaics (for a total of 2,030 points)

Invader is one of the best-known street artists in the world, while remaining… perfectly anonymous!

His name, Invader, the pseudonym he uses to preserve his identity, comes from the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders.

He describes himself as an AVNI, an Unidentified Living Artist, and always keeps his face masked during his performances.

With a unique style, the artist made a name for himself by “invading” cities with his creations, as he puts it: this is the Space Invader project, which involves “invading” urban spaces with space invaders—mosaics drawing on the 8-bit aesthetic of the earliest video games, with their highly pixelated digital characters.

Invader’s approach can be summed up in three points: the meeting of mosaic and pixel, the transposition of a video game into reality, and a process of invasion on a planetary scale.

In addition to the urban aliens, whose numbers are constantly growing, there are the “Aliases”—the unique counterparts of in-situ mosaics, which can be seen in galleries and museums, or in the homes of a few lucky collectors. Intended for the art market, the “Aliases” are made on Plexiglas panels and come with an identity card containing information (metadata) about the in-situ mosaic: ID number and photo of the original mosaic, installation date and chronological number, address, size, score, etc. Invader records everything!
Each of his works is unique. His repertoire of characters now includes Star Wars, the Pink Panther and Mega Man. In Hong Kong, his works evoke martial arts, with red and gold tones reflecting the traditional Chinese colors of earth and fire.
Invader belongs to the same art movement as his friends Shepard Fairey, aka Obey, and Banksy, his cousin Mr Brainwash, and artists such as JonOne, Kaws, Seen, JR, M.Chat, Imbue, Pantone, Arsham, Keith Haring, Koons, Cattelan, Murakami, Stik, and many others.