Zavier Ellis 'We Are (Blue)', 2026 Acrylic, emulsion, spray paint, digital collage on gloss paper 29.7 x 21 cm (11.7 x 8.3 in) Volta Basel 21 and Blond Contemporary

and Blond Contemporary

which was published by David Bowie

Created to mark Zavier Ellis’s solo museum exhibition Sites of Conflict at Torrance Art Museum

the piece draws on Ellis's sustained interest in the palimpsest of the urban wall — surfaces where public messages are constructed

Zurich and Beth Rudin DeWoody

Zavier Ellis 'We Are (Blue)', 2026 Acrylic, emulsion, spray paint, digital collage on gloss paper 29.7 x 21 cm (11.7 x 8.3 in) Volta Basel 21 and Blond ContemporaryIn the We Are series, Zavier Ellis turns his research led practice towards the World Cup, producing 11 unique works at 90 each to mark the 2026 event. As across his wider practice, layered historical iconography generates a dense internal symbolism here rooted in the origins of the World Cup itself. We Are (Blue) brings together three layers of history into a single surface: Nike of Samothrace, the headless Greek goddess of victory who inspired the