Artwork Description
Marching Into Oblivion Green Pink AP 12-Color Silkscreen Print by Dalek- James Marshall Artist Proof Hand-Pulled Screen Print on Fine Art Paper Limited Edition Pop Street Artwork & Graffiti.
AP Artist Proof 2023 Signed & AP Marked Limited Edition Run Artwork Size 18x24
Marching Into Oblivion Green Pink AP Silkscreen Print by Dalek – James Marshall
Dalek, the creative alias of American artist James Marshall, continues to define a distinct voice within Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork through his bold visual vocabulary and evolving abstractions. The 2023 artist proof edition of “Marching Into Oblivion” presents a masterclass in color and chaos, combining Marshall’s signature Space Monkey character with a 12-color hand-pulled silkscreen technique. This AP edition print, sized 18x24 inches, showcases a saturated electric pink background contrasted by vibrant greens, yellows, and deep blacks to create a visual rhythm that feels both mechanical and organic. Every line is tightly rendered, while the palette pulses with cartoon surrealism and calculated energy.
From Iconic Form to Emotional Abstraction
Dalek’s work is often anchored in the evolution of the Space Monkey figure, a character originally born from his exploration of cultural disaffection and emotional detachment. In “Marching Into Oblivion,” the character takes on exaggerated motion, appearing multiplied and caught mid-march with arms raised, mouths agape, and eyes wild. The visual tempo created by repetition and movement invokes both celebration and disorder. This print is less about a literal narrative and more about symbolic propulsion—a march into overstimulation, into synthetic joy, into noise. With vibrant, almost synthetic precision, Dalek uses form to confront modern anxiety through hyperactive repetition and blinding optimism.
Street Pop Energy Rendered in Pure Color
Printed with archival pigment on fine art paper, each AP in the series carries the artist’s signature and the AP mark, denoting its rarity and place within the studio’s private production. The decision to use 12 individual silkscreen layers to construct the image shows Dalek’s commitment to traditional printmaking and craft. The richness of the ink, coupled with the mechanical consistency of the forms, creates an artwork that feels digitally native yet physically hand-wrought. The graphic explosiveness of this print is unmistakable—its aesthetic draws from video game glitch, graffiti boldness, urban decay, and punk flyers. Every circle, shadow, and color is strategically placed, lending the work a level of sophistication that transcends surface-level pop.
Marching Toward the Inevitable
Dalek’s work often blurs the line between playfulness and existential critique, and this piece continues that thread. While the colors may shout with confidence and energy, the title “Marching Into Oblivion” hints at a deeper commentary. There is a sense of automation, of characters driven forward without control, perhaps reflecting the cultural malaise of routine consumerism or the emptiness behind the facade of progress. The work exists in a liminal zone between celebration and collapse, between Street Pop Art’s commercial slickness and graffiti’s chaotic truth. It is this duality that gives Dalek’s prints their power—bright and loud, yet full of tension and coded meaning. This limited edition AP offers a vibrant, thought-provoking artifact of contemporary visual language.
