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What is D*Face’s piece called “Silent Ride”
Summary
Silent Ride depicts a comic-book glamour scene in flattened pop-art lines: a red bandana-wearing woman in a mustard-yellow fur coat rides shotgun in a purple car, hand pressed to her brow in a gesture of exasperation or grief, while a swaggering man with a cigarette lounges across the driver's seat in the background. It is a quintessential D*Face romance-comic appropriation, channeling the doomed-lovers melodrama and Ben-Day-dot pop vocabulary he has built a career on, with a 2023 hip-hop/streetwear styling that updates the vintage source material.
Why It Matters
The print sits squarely in D*Face's central project: lifting the visual grammar of mid-century American romance and pulp comics and bending it toward a wry commentary on desire, fame and dysfunction. Where Lichtenstein quoted the comic frame straight, D*Face reroutes it through a contemporary lens, here dressing his heroine in hoops, gold chains and a fur coat so the vintage melodrama reads as a present-day relationship caught mid-argument. The flattened color blocks, hard black outlines and dot-screen window keep him in dialogue with the pop-art canon while the subject keeps him recognizably a street artist working the same territory of consumerism and celebrity that defines his murals and StolenSpace program.
Collector Perspective
This is a 2023 screen print in D*Face's most commercially familiar mode, the romance-comic couple, which tends to be the most sought-after of his recurring subjects ahead of the skull and D*Dog motifs. Edition size is unconfirmed here, which matters for pricing: D*Face screen prints typically run from roughly 100 to a few hundred, and where a piece lands in that range drives secondary value more than the imagery does. The wide horizontal format and two-figure narrative give it strong wall presence, which helps demand. As a recent release it has limited secondary-market history, so buyers should confirm the stated edition size, signature and numbering against the COA before paying a premium.
Historical Context
D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, London) emerged from the UK street-art scene of the 2000s and co-founded the StolenSpace gallery, building a body of work that defaces and remixes advertising, comic books and celebrity imagery. Silent Ride continues his long-running appropriation of vintage romance-comic panels, the same lineage that runs through pieces like his "doomed lovers" series, but reframes the trope with 2023 streetwear and hip-hop styling. The car-interior staging, exaggerated emotional gesture and dot-screen background are direct nods to the comic-strip and pop-art sources he has mined since the start of his career.
FAQ
What does Silent Ride depict?
A comic-book-styled scene of a woman in a red bandana and mustard-yellow fur coat sitting in the passenger seat of a purple car, hand to her brow in distress, while a cigarette-smoking man lounges in the driver's area behind her. It is D*Face's take on a vintage romance-comic couple caught in a tense moment.
What is the medium and year?
It is a screen print produced in 2023.
Is the print signed and numbered?
Edition details are unconfirmed for this release, but D*Face limited prints are typically hand-signed and numbered with an accompanying certificate of authenticity. Confirm the specifics with the seller before purchase.
How large is the edition?
The edition size for Silent Ride is currently unknown. D*Face screen prints generally fall somewhere between roughly 100 and a few hundred copies, so verify the exact number on the COA.
Who is D*Face?
D*Face is the British street artist Dean Stockton (b. 1978, London), a pop-art provocateur known for defacing comic, advertising and celebrity imagery, his winged-eye D*Dog and grinning-skull motifs, and for co-founding the StolenSpace gallery.
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.