DFace - aPOPcalypse

D* face, a multimedia artist who isn't afraid of experimenting with the possibilities of new techniques, grew up in London named Dean Stockton. He developed an early interest in graffiti, comics, cartoons and animation. 80's skate influences such as Jim Philips and Vernon Johnson inspired him in that extent that he dreamt of becoming a skateboard photographer. The book Subway Art and Spray can art created such an immense impact on him that it finally changed his life.

After attending an animation course he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Out of sheer boredom he started doodling little characters, the beginning of his 90's vinyl sticker crusade. His omnipresent adhesive characters appeared on traffic lights, lorries and walls throughout London, still his playground up to this day. 


Driven by sharing his outlet in urban space, he continued exploring street art's possibilities. There's no technique the artist doesn't use: stenciling, screen-printing, spray, stickers, posters, painting, sculptures, canvas and installations.  


This pop art lover refers to his work as aPOPcalyptic subverting consumption imagery. Recurring elements in his work are the winged balloon D* Dog, wing icons, celebrities, cartoon characters and super heroes, all symbols he reworks to make them relevant to today's society and our popular culture. According to him altering advertising is the most direct way to make people think objectively about our media-saturated environment. 


His winged versions of Marilyn Monroe, Che Guevara( CliChé), Kurt Cobain and Queen Elizabeth II with exposed skulls criticize society's fixation with fame and celebrity. 


For his "Her Royal Hideous" campaign he designed £ 1O notes to criticize the queen's authority as he doesn't believe she represents good value for money.


D*face dropped four oversized Concrete Cans(2008 ) in Hyde Park, Covent garden, Trafalgar Square and outside the Victoria and Albert museum.

Shocking, subversive, nihilistic pieces: we still prefer seeing them in the street instead of some gallery where it simply does not make any sense.


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