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What is D*Face’s piece called “Over Me, Over You”
Summary
"Over Me, Over You" depicts a teeming crowd of identical, sweat-beaded comic-strip men rendered in nervous red line-work, their anguished faces stacked into a claustrophobic swarm behind a grotesque grinning cream-yellow figure with bulging eyes and bared teeth that melts into a pool of dripping brown ink. It is a characteristic D*Face screen print that twists vintage romance-comic emotion into mass-produced anxiety, distilling his career-long defacement of Silver Age comic imagery.
Why It Matters
The print condenses D*Face's central preoccupation: lifting the heartbroken, melodramatic faces of mid-century romance and adventure comics and multiplying them until sincere feeling curdles into something hollow and uniform. The repeated, identical anxious men read as a comment on conformity and emotional commodification, while the leering melting figure in the foreground supplies the grotesque, mortality-tinged counterpoint that runs through his skulls and rotting pop icons. As a contemporary inheritor of Lichtenstein's comic appropriation pushed toward street-art bite, it shows D*Face working in the lineage of British pop subversion he helped bring from walls to editioned paper.
Collector Perspective
At an edition of 70, this sits among D*Face's tighter screen-print runs, which generally hold collector interest better than his larger 100-plus editions. The imagery is denser and more unsettling than his most decorative crowd-pleasers (the winged-eye D*Dog, the bright skulls), which can cut both ways: it appeals to buyers who want the darker, more conceptual side of his comic appropriation, but is a less immediate "wall trophy" than his cleaner single-figure prints. It is a mid-tier piece in his market rather than a flagship image, best valued on condition, full margins, and intact signature and numbering.
Historical Context
Produced in 2016, during D*Face's Established Era after StolenSpace and his international gallery shows had cemented his reputation, the print draws directly on the visual grammar of 1950s-60s American romance and crisis comics, the same source material that fed Roy Lichtenstein and Pop Art. The swarming, sweating faces and exaggerated cartoon grotesque belong to D*Face's ongoing project of "defacing" that nostalgia, turning the era's promised romance and heroism into images of dread, repetition and consumer anxiety.
FAQ
What does this print depict?
A dense crowd of identical, sweat-beaded comic-strip men with anguished red-line faces, looming behind a grinning, bug-eyed cream-yellow cartoon figure that drips into a pool of brown ink. It reworks vintage romance and crisis comic imagery into a scene of repetition and dread.
How large is the edition?
The edition size is 70.
What is the medium?
It is a screen print (silkscreen) on paper.
Is it signed and numbered?
D*Face limited prints are typically hand-signed and numbered by the artist, usually in pencil. Signature and numbering on this specific impression should be confirmed from the actual sheet.
Who is D*Face?
D*Face is British street artist Dean Stockton (b. 1978, London), a pop-art provocateur known for defacing comic-book romance, advertising and celebrity imagery. His signature motifs include the winged-eyed D*Dog and grinning skulls, and he co-founded the StolenSpace gallery in London.
Related Works
About the Artist
D*Face is the working name of Dean Stockton (b. 1978, London), a leading figure in British street art. He came up pasting stickers and posters across London in the early 2000s, then built a pop-fuelled visual language that defaces comic-book romance, advertising and celebrity iconography. Recurring motifs include his winged-eyed D*Dog, grinning skulls and doomed comic-strip lovers. His practice spans screenprints, hand-painted multiples, sculpture and large-scale murals worldwide, and he co-founded the StolenSpace gallery in London. His work satirises consumerism, power and our collective obsession with fame.
Collecting D*Face at Gauntlet Gallery
Where can I buy authentic D*Face prints?
Gauntlet Gallery offers an extensive, authenticated inventory of D*Face prints and contemporary editions, with new drops added regularly. Browse the current collection at gauntlet.gallery.
How does Gauntlet Gallery ensure authenticity?
Gauntlet Gallery is built on curation, authenticity and transparency — every work is vetted and its provenance, edition details and condition are disclosed up front.
Does Gauntlet Gallery add new D*Face prints?
Yes. New drops are released regularly across D*Face and other leading artists; see gauntlet.gallery for the latest inventory.