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
Cream SpeckleTone thick paper
Hand-signed
Beautiful format
46 x 61 cm
18 x 24"
Sold unframed

Beautiful presence, stunning rendering.

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Born in 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, Frank Shepard Fairey, whose real name is, lives today in Los Angeles. He plunged into the world of graphic design from the age of 14 by drawing images that would be pasted on t-shirts and skateboards. Influenced by the work of Andy Warhol and the Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko, Shepard Fairey entered the Rhode Island School of Design at 18 and, with friends, created the Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, literally “Andre the Giant has a posse.” These paper posters, vinyls, silkscreens or photocopies were plastered on the walls of their city, Providence, before spreading across the United States and to tens of thousands of places around the world. Flipping hip-hop culture the bird, this street-art campaign evolved into OBEY, “obey,” and aimed to parody American propaganda. Firmly anti-Bush, Shepard Fairey gained recognition with a new street-art campaign called “Be the Revolution” in 2004. Yet, 20 years after his André the Giant/Obey, he became a propagandist himself, but this time in favor of Barack Obama. He produced the campaign poster for the future President of the United States, named “Hope,” then variants “Vote” or “Change.” This significantly helped to elevate the candidate’s image, who thanks him after his election in a letter: “Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a street sign.” Shepard Fairey even personally funded 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during the campaign.

Obey is of the same artistic lineage as 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, Orlinski, 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, Miró