Viceroy collaborated with artist Tristan Eaton and SpaceX for an extraordinary project. Tristan Eaton, a renowned Los Angeles street artist and designer, has his work featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. He joined an even more exclusive group of artists as SpaceX launched its first manned flight into outer space, carrying some of his artwork.
Eaton created a series of indestructible, two-sided gold, brass, and aluminum artworks for the historic flight. Each plate is double-sided, symbolizing the duality of humanity—our past and our future. The artwork includes various symbols: an outstretched hand and a chimpanzee with its child, illustrating nuclear fission; a collection of blooming flowers and a bird in flight; a smiley face, a peace sign, and the stars and stripes of the American flag.
“As an artist I try to look at the world with a big picture view,” Eaton wrote on Instagram. “No one gets a bigger view of our world than our brave astronauts on the ISS.”
