We've been in France for the better part of the last two weeks, so there's been a bit of a hiatus here at the Global Graphica site. But we're back with a vengeance and loads of new images of street art and graf and more from France. We took these shots while wandering around neighborhoods in the centers of Paris and Dijon.

The work and moniker of street artist Space Invader is inspired by the 1980's Japanese arcade video game sensation "Space Invaders." The artist's mosaics are large renderings of the digitally pixelated alien from the video game, and the tile-works come in various sizes and colors. We found this example of Space Invader in the trendy and gallery-filled Saint Germain-des-Pres neighborhood of Paris, which like many central nabes in the French capital is made up of expensive residential and commercial real estate.

Ivan Corsa Photo

The work and moniker of street artist Space Invader is inspired by the 1980's Japanese arcade video game sensation "Space Invaders." The artist's mosaics are large renderings of the digitally pixelated alien from the video game, and the tile-works come in various sizes and colors. We found this example of Space Invader in the trendy and gallery-filled Saint Germain-des-Pres neighborhood of Paris, which like many central nabes in the French capital is made up of expensive residential and commercial real estate.

Ivan G. Corsa Photo

Here's another up-close image of the trademark tile-work by street artist Space Invader in the Saint Germain-des-Pres neighborhood of Paris.

Ivan Corsa Photo

We've been in France for the better part of the last two weeks, so there's been a bit of a hiatus here at the Global Graphica site. But we're back with a vengeance and loads of new images of street art and graf and more from France. We took these shots while wandering around neighborhoods in the centers of Paris and Dijon.

The image here is a close-up shot of the well-known street artist Space Invader, whose work can be found in just about every major global city -- from New York to Tokyo to, well, Paris. We found this example of Space Invader in the trendy and gallery-filled Saint Germain-des-Pres neighborhood.

Ivan Corsa Photo

If you look closely you can see the Paris-based artist Invader's signature "space invader" mosaic (inspired by the classic videogame of the same name) on the facade above this bookstore in Santa Monica. (For a detailed view scroll below.) This location is in a highly visible area filled with shoppers and tourists and surrounded by trendy stores like the Adidas Store, Puma, the Apple Store, Urban Outfitters, J. Crew and so on.

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Well-known in the global street art underground, the French artist who goes by the name Invader has left his mark on Third Street in Santa Monica with his iconic mini-mosaic (above) of the "alien" from the classic arcade videogame Space Invader. The name has a double meaning--it not only references the artwork and its source, but is also a reminder that technically, without permission, even putting up aesthetically pleasing little tiled artworks is vandalism and as such makes this artist an "invader" of space, be it private or public.

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