Shepard Fairey (OBEY) - Icon Collage - 2020s

Superb lithograph by Shepard Fairey (Obey), new, never exhibited, in perfect condition, and stored in a portfolio.

Obey Icon Collage
Thick paper SpeckleTone cream
Hand-signed
Beau format
46 x 61 cm
18 x 24"
Sold without frame

Beautiful presence, magnificent result.

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Born in 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, Franck Shepard Fairey, whose real name, lives today in Los Angeles. He dives into the world of graphic design from the age of 14 by drawing images that will be screen-printed on t-shirts and skateboards. Influenced by the work of Andy Warhol and also the Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko, Shepard Fairey enters the Rhode Island School of Design at 18 and, with friends, creates the sticker campaign André the Giant Has a Posse, literally “André the Giant has a posse.” Stickers bearing the likeness of French wrestler André Roussimoff. These posters on paper, vinyl, silkscreens, or photocopies are pasted on the walls of their town, Providence, before spreading to all of the United States and to tens of thousands of places around the world. A mockery of hip-hop culture, this street art campaign evolves into OBEY, “obey,” and seeks to parody American propaganda. Resolutely anti-Bush, Shepard Fairey makes a name for himself with a new street art campaign called “Be the Revolution” in 2004. Yet, twenty years after his André the Giant/Obey campaign, he becomes a propagandist himself, but this time in favor of Barack Obama. He creates the campaign poster for the future president of the United States, titled “Hope,” later adapted into “Vote” or “Change.” This poster greatly helps to elevate the candidate’s image, who thanks him after his election in a letter: “Your images have a deep effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a street sign.” Shepard Fairey even distributes 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters at his own expense during the campaign.

Obey belongs to the same artistic movement as his friends Banksy and Invader, but also Mr Brainwash, Seth, Add Fuel, JonOne, Kaws, Chevrier, Seen, JR, Imbue, Peeta, Pantone, Okuda, Bordalo II, Banksy, Arsham, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Invader Futura, Jeff Koons, Dface, C215, Christian Guemy, Rero, Jef Aérosol, JR, Swoon, Orlinksi, Speedy Graphito, Vhils, Ernest Pignon Ernest, Martin Whatson, Dran, Kaws, D Face, Sandra Chevrier, Os Gemeos, Andy Warhol, Levalet, Pierre Soulages, Félix, M chat, Taki 183, Picasso, Van Gogh, Jean Michel Basquiat, Miss Tic, Insane 51, Pop Art, Seth, Brusk, Monkey Bird, Miss Van, Pasqua, Peter Klasen, Robert Combas, Dali, Jerome Mesnager, Speedy Graphito, César Baldaccini, Rnst, Miro.