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What is D*Face’s piece called “Your Space Or Mine”
Summary
A comic-book astronaut in an orange spacesuit (patched "SPACE" with a figure-eight insignia, visor pushed back) pulls a dark-haired woman in blue into a passionate kiss against a deep purple, star-strewn cosmos. It is vintage romance-comic melodrama relocated to outer space — D*Face's signature appropriation of doomed Silver Age lovers, here stripped of their original caption and recast as a sci-fi clinch.
Why It Matters
The print sits squarely in the lineage D*Face built his name on: lifting the swooning lovers of 1950s-60s romance and adventure comics and weaponising them as a comment on manufactured emotion, consumerism and the seductive lie of pop fantasy. By swapping the usual earthbound embrace for an astronaut clinch, he layers Space Age optimism over the romance trope, letting the kitsch of mid-century futurism amplify the same irony he draws from pulp romance. It is a clean, immediately legible example of his Pop-appropriation method — Lichtenstein-adjacent in source material but cruder, more knowing and more punk in attitude.
Collector Perspective
An edition of 100 places this among D*Face's tighter screen-print runs, smaller than many of his open-feeling editions and scarce enough to matter to motif-focused buyers. The subject works in its favour: clean comic-romance imagery with a strong figurative focus and a bold orange-against-purple palette tends to display well and hold broader appeal than his skull or D*Dog pieces, which can be polarising. As a 2026 release it is current rather than blue-chip, so pricing reflects primary/recent-secondary levels rather than the premiums attached to his sought-after early 2000s work; condition, a clean signature and full provenance will drive any future resale.
Historical Context
The imagery quotes the visual language of Silver Age American romance and science-fiction comics — heavy black linework, flat spot colour, Ben-Day-style shading and a melodramatic embrace — the same source pool Pop artists mined in the 1960s and that D*Face has reworked since the early 2000s. The astronaut framing nods to Space Age iconography, folding NASA-era optimism into the romance-comic cliché. Issued in 2026, it is a Contemporary Era work that continues, rather than departs from, the appropriation strategy that has defined his practice.
FAQ
What does this print depict?
A comic-book-style astronaut in an orange spacesuit kissing a dark-haired woman in blue, set against a deep purple star-filled cosmos — a vintage romance-comic embrace relocated to outer space.
What is the edition size?
The edition is limited to 100.
What medium is it?
It is a hand-pulled screen print.
Is it signed and numbered?
D*Face limited prints are typically hand-signed and numbered by the artist; buyers should confirm the specific signature and numbering on the individual sheet and its accompanying paperwork.
Who is D*Face?
D*Face is British street artist Dean Stockton (b. 1978, London), a Pop-art provocateur known for defacing romance comics, advertising and celebrity imagery, for motifs like the winged-eyed D*Dog and grinning skulls, 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.