{"product_id":"heartbreak-highway","title":"Heartbreak Highway","description":"\u003cp\u003e*APC ART is pleased to present “Heartbreak Highway” by legendary British street artist D*Face (AKA Dean Stockton).*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Widely regarded as one of the most influential and recognizable urban contemporary artists of his generation, D*Face emerged during the formative years of the global street art movement alongside artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Invader.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Importantly, D*Face was also one of the standout artists represented by Banksy’s now legendary Pictures On Walls publishing house — a roster that helped define an entire era of contemporary printmaking and street culture.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Over the last two decades, D*Face has built an international collector base through his unmistakable visual language — blending comic-book aesthetics, pop art, punk attitude, mortality symbolism, Americana, romance, satire, and dark humor into instantly recognizable compositions.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Stylistically, D*Face’s work is often compared to that of Roy Lichtenstein — particularly through the artist’s use of comic-book inspired imagery, bold contour lines, dramatic framing, and Ben-Day dot patterning.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Like Lichtenstein before him, D*Face utilizes the visual language of commercial printing and mid-century American comic illustration as both homage and critique. The halftone dot backgrounds, exaggerated facial expressions, and hyper-stylized narrative compositions immediately recall the visual vocabulary of classic pop art while simultaneously pushing it into a darker, more contemporary street-driven context.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*“Heartbreak Highway” is an absolutely exceptional example of the imagery collectors aggressively pursue from D*Face.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The work depicts a beautifully rendered skeletal couple seated inside a classic red convertible — balancing romance, melancholy, nostalgia, glamour, mortality, and pop surrealism all within a single cinematic composition.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The juxtaposition between beauty and decay has become one of the artist’s most celebrated stylistic trademarks.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Executed with extraordinary precision, the composition features bold linework, vibrant color saturation, dramatic contrast, Ben-Day inspired halftone patterning, and the comic-inspired visual energy that has made D*Face one of the most important figures in contemporary street art.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The skeletal hands on the steering wheel and resting across the sleeping figure subtly reinforce the artist’s recurring themes surrounding mortality, fleeting youth, fame, love, and impermanence — all while maintaining a strangely glamorous and seductive atmosphere.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*This is an exceptionally large and visually commanding work measuring approximately 70cm x 100cm (approximately 27.5” x 39.4”).*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Executed as a stunning 29 color, hand-pulled silkscreen print on beautiful Lambeth 370gsm wove fine art paper, the work is hand signed and numbered by the artist in graphite pencil and bears the artist’s blind stamp.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Published by Underdogs Gallery in 2026, the edition was produced to commemorate the monumental mural D*Face executed in Lisbon, Portugal featuring this same iconic imagery.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The print immediately became one of the artist’s most sought after editions in recent memory.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The edition sold out in less than two minutes upon release.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Examples have become extraordinarily difficult to acquire on the secondary market.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*At the time of this listing, this is the only example currently publicly available on the secondary market.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*From the scale, subject matter, and technical execution to the incredible color palette and cinematic composition — this is undoubtedly one of the strongest D*Face editions released in years.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*An absolutely iconic contemporary print and an exceptional long-term investment opportunity from one of the defining figures of the modern street art movement.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The work is in hand and available for immediate dispatch from the USA.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*We are pleased to offer archival framing options for our global collector base.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*OFFERED BY APC ART.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*ATL. MIA. NYC. LA. PARIS. LONDON. TOKYO*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Widely regarded as one of the most influential and recognizable urban contemporary artists of his generation, D*Face emerged during the formative years of the global street art movement alongside artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Invader.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Importantly, D*Face was also one of the standout artists represented by Banksy’s now legendary Pictures On Walls publishing house — a roster that helped define an entire era of contemporary printmaking and street culture.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Over the last two decades, D*Face has built an international collector base through his unmistakable visual language — blending comic-book aesthetics, pop art, punk attitude, mortality symbolism, Americana, romance, satire, and dark humor into instantly recognizable compositions.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*“Heartbreak Highway” is an absolutely exceptional example of the imagery collectors aggressively pursue from D*Face.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The work depicts a beautifully rendered skeletal couple seated inside a classic red convertible — balancing romance, melancholy, nostalgia, glamour, mortality, and pop surrealism all within a single cinematic composition.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The juxtaposition between beauty and decay has become one of the artist’s most celebrated stylistic trademarks.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Executed with extraordinary precision, the composition features bold linework, vibrant color saturation, dramatic contrast, halftone patterning, and the comic-inspired visual energy that has made D*Face one of the most important figures in contemporary street art.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The skeletal hands on the steering wheel and resting across the sleeping figure subtly reinforce the artist’s recurring themes surrounding mortality, fleeting youth, fame, love, and impermanence — all while maintaining a strangely glamorous and seductive atmosphere.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*This is an exceptionally large and visually commanding work measuring approximately 70cm x 100cm (approximately 27.5” x 39.4”).*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Executed as a stunning 29 color, hand-pulled silkscreen print on beautiful Lambeth 370gsm wove fine art paper, the work is hand signed and numbered by the artist in graphite pencil and bears the artist’s blind stamp.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Published by Underdogs Gallery in 2026, the edition was produced to commemorate the monumental mural D*Face executed in Lisbon, Portugal featuring this same iconic imagery.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The print immediately became one of the artist’s most sought after editions in recent memory.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The edition sold out in less than two minutes upon release.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Examples have become extraordinarily difficult to acquire on the secondary market.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*At the time of this listing, this is the only example currently publicly available on the secondary market.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*From the scale, subject matter, and technical execution to the incredible color palette and cinematic composition — this is undoubtedly one of the strongest D*Face editions released in years.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*An absolutely iconic contemporary print and an exceptional long-term investment opportunity from one of the defining figures of the modern street art movement.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*The work is in hand and available for immediate dispatch from the USA.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*We are pleased to offer archival framing options for our global collector base.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*OFFERED BY APC ART.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*ATL. 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