Space Invader
Original: Hand-cut collage with typewritten text
Vintage paper, mixed media
Artwork faithfully reproduced using a Fine Art Giclée printer and Genuine Inks.
Printed on quality cotton Italian cold-press acid-free paper.
[prints available to purchase from Wall To Wall Gallery, Nelson,
or send a message via the contact page to discuss shipping]
Space Invader explores female desire as expansive rather than contained. A central figure occupies the composition unapologetically, surrounded by imagery that blends pleasure, fantasy, and assertion. The work draws on the visual language of abundance to challenge narratives that frame women’s wanting as excess or transgression.
Fragments of text move across the body, suggesting desire as something articulated, claimed, and tasted - rather than hinted at or withheld. The collage resists modesty as virtue, instead positioning appetite and curiosity as forms of intelligence.
Constructed through meticulous hand-cutting and analogue type, the work asserts presence as power: taking up space, naming hunger, and refusing erasure.