DOG SAVE THE QUEEN D*FACE PRINT

Dean Stockton (b. 1978), known in the art world as D*Face, is an English multimedia street artist who created this portrait of Queen Elizabeth.  He grew up in London with an interest in graffiti art and punk culture.  A contemporary of noted street artist Banksy, D*Face was influenced by American artist Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant art campaign, by the skateboard art of Jim Philips, by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and by others in the street art and graffiti art worlds.

D*Face first used wings in his portraits more than twenty years ago when he created the D*Dog character – a circle with triangular slits for eyes, an open mouth full of teeth with a tongue hanging out, and wings for ears.  He used this D*Dog design in stickers, toys and graffiti art, and it became identified with his art.  He realized that the wings by themselves had become an identifiable shape associated with his art, so he began using them as a thread to connect his projects.

Spoofing the royal anthem God Save the Queen, D*Face titled this signed, numbered (66/250) silkscreen Dog Save the Queen, after taking elements from his D*Dog designs – most notably the tongue hanging out and the wings sprouting from the head – and adding them to a portrait of Queen Elizabeth. 

Price: $4,200.00