Shepard Fairey (OBEY) - Make Art Not War
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Description from the seller
36 x 24 inch offset print on cream Speckle Tone paper.
Signed by Shepard Fairey.
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This prints can be yours to frame, hang and collect. Shepard Fairey's was called by the Institute of Contemporary Art as one of today's best known and most influential street artists and has been featured in museums, art journals and books.
Shepard Fairey shot to national fame as the graphic artist behind a 2008 iconic poster of Barack Obama, a portrait labeled simply "HOPE" and in a style that could be described as Andy Warhol meets Socialist Realism. Fairey, who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992, was already well known among graffiti artists and fans, thanks to one of Fairey's early works of "guerilla" art, an impromptu stencil design based on an ad for Andre the Giant, a professional wrestler. Fairey made stickers of the image in the late '80s, along with the scrawl "Andre the Giant has a posse," and the image went viral, spreading far and wide through urban America, on street signs, billboards and walls. He later adapted the image and added the word "obey." Mixing left-wing politics with "appropriated" images and bold graphic design, Fairey now works as a fine artist and advertising designer, with a gallery in Los Angeles and business ventures that dip into publishing, fashion and urban sports (skateboarding).
36 x 24 inch offset print on cream Speckle Tone paper.
Signed by Shepard Fairey.
Sold Out
This prints can be yours to frame, hang and collect. Shepard Fairey's was called by the Institute of Contemporary Art as one of today's best known and most influential street artists and has been featured in museums, art journals and books.
Shepard Fairey shot to national fame as the graphic artist behind a 2008 iconic poster of Barack Obama, a portrait labeled simply "HOPE" and in a style that could be described as Andy Warhol meets Socialist Realism. Fairey, who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992, was already well known among graffiti artists and fans, thanks to one of Fairey's early works of "guerilla" art, an impromptu stencil design based on an ad for Andre the Giant, a professional wrestler. Fairey made stickers of the image in the late '80s, along with the scrawl "Andre the Giant has a posse," and the image went viral, spreading far and wide through urban America, on street signs, billboards and walls. He later adapted the image and added the word "obey." Mixing left-wing politics with "appropriated" images and bold graphic design, Fairey now works as a fine artist and advertising designer, with a gallery in Los Angeles and business ventures that dip into publishing, fashion and urban sports (skateboarding).
Details
Era
After 2000
Designer/Artist
Shepard Fairey (OBEY)
Poster title
Make Art Not War
Condition
A (excellent - mint condition)
Height
92 cm
Width
61 cm
Autographed by a famous person
No
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