27 new artworks in London

Invader has just announced it on his Instagram account: no fewer than 27 new mosaics have been installed by the artist in the city of London over the past few weeks. This marks the twenty-first invasion of the British capital. According to our calculations, the total number of works installed by Invader in this metropolis now stands at 193, a figure also confirmed by the Space Shop!

This new invasion coincides with the exhibition Triple Trouble, which is taking place in London until the end of March. It showcases collaborative works created “with six hands” by the three artists Shepard Fairey, Invader and Damien Hirst.

Conceived by curator Connor Hirst, this artistic encounter is intended as an unprecedented visual dialogue — a confrontation between three worlds that, at first glance, were never meant to intersect.

Painting, sculpture, installations, mosaics and material experimentation come together across the gallery’s six vast rooms. The result? A series of hybrid works in which Hirst’s clinical rigour, Fairey’s militant graphic style and Invader’s pixelated energy mutually contaminate one another.

Critical and journalistic responses have been fairly mixed, with many pointing out that there is no real “sublimation” or clear synergy between the three artists, but rather a superimposition of each individual practice. All the same, we are delighted to see our favourite artist continue his urban body of work — the invasion!

The new mosaic shown above, LDN188 (worth 100 points on FlashInvaders), confirms the artist’s growing appetite for increasingly large-scale works. When these are viewed in perspective alongside the very first Invaders, the evolution is striking.

Another question remains: will he release Aliases of his latest works? A mystery… only the artist knows. The most recent major invasion, in the Basque Country, has so far not led to the release of any Aliases, which is a real shame.

There is no doubt that the Triple Trouble exhibition, along with the addition of new mosaics across London, will help to further boost his popularity across the Channel. This is a positive development. Although the artist already enjoys a certain level of recognition outside France, it bears little comparison to his popularity within the Hexagon. His body of work undoubtedly deserves wider international recognition.

Another question on the minds of all fans and collectors: when will the next invasion kit be released? And more importantly, will there even be a new one? Rumours have been circulating for several years, as have those about the opening of a physical Space Shop, but for now, nothing has been officially confirmed.