25th Jun, 2025 18:00

Urban & Contemporary Art

Lot 191

Lot 191 - Faile (Collaboration), ‘Star Spangled Shadows’, 2009

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Faile (Collaboration), ‘Star Spangled Shadows’, 2009

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £600 - £800

inc.premium

Condition Report

In Very Good Condition
No knocks, tears, or creases
Markings to the sheet verso, this is from the time of production and not damage
The work has been stored flat and has never been framed

Faile (Collaboration), ‘Star Spangled Shadows’, 2009, hand embellished screen print in colours on 100 Lenox paper, signed and inscribed in pencil front, dated and numbered from an edition of 300 verso, stamped by the artist verso; sheet: 54.5 x 96.5cm

Auction: Urban & Contemporary Art, 25th Jun, 2025

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Faile

Since 1999, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have collaborated under the name FAILE (an anagram of “a life”) to create kinetic, image-saturated paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations. Their democratic street style features fragmented mash-ups of comic book and cartoon characters, advertising and propaganda slogans, bright patterns and colors, and historical and pop cultural references. At the beginning of their career, FAILE’s work appeared on the streets as stickers, posters, and stenciled images. Since then, the duo has enjoyed exhibitions at Tate Modern, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Brooklyn Museum, the Central Academy of Fine Art Museum in Beijing, and the Mima Museum in Brussels, among other institutions. FAILE has also produced large-scale murals and staged participatory public interventions in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Lyon, France—further blurring the lines between “high” and “low” culture.