'Dog Save the King' by D*Face, 2025
The latest sold-out print from D*Face, delivering his trademark satirical critique of the British monarchy.
19.7 x 27 Inches
50 x 68.5 Centimeters
3-colour, hand-pulled silkscreen print on 315gsm Heritage Bookwhite fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 230 (#30/230)
Artist-embossed bottom right.
Hand-signed and numbered in pencil bottom left.
ABOUT THE ART
'Dog Save the King' exemplifies D*Face’s long-standing engagement with systems of power, celebrity, and inherited authority, using familiar visual language to undermine the seriousness of its subject. By appropriating a formal, traditional portrait style and disrupting it with cartoonish interventions, the artist creates an immediate tension between reverence and ridicule. The result is an image that feels both playful and pointed, inviting the viewer to reconsider how cultural symbols are constructed and sustained.
D*Face’s use of humor is not incidental but strategic. The exaggerated graphic elements—deliberately crude and disarming—function as tools of subversion, collapsing the distance between institutional imagery and street-level critique. This approach places the work firmly within the artist’s broader practice, where pop aesthetics, punk sensibility, and political skepticism intersect. The satire operates visually first, but its implications linger well beyond the initial encounter.
As a sold-out edition, the print also reflects the continued demand for D*Face’s politically charged works, particularly those addressing British identity and hierarchy. Pieces from this vein of his practice are increasingly recognized as key examples of contemporary urban commentary—works that balance accessibility with cultural bite, and humor with enduring relevance.