Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing that emerges from the skateboard scene. He was first known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Postse" (OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island Design School (RISD), which took pictures of the tabloid supermarket comedy World Weekly News .
He became widely known during the US presidential election for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston described it as one of the most recognizable and most influential street artists. His work includes collections at The Smithsonian, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father, Fairey Strait, was a doctor, and her mother, Charlotte, a broker. He graduated from Wando High School. Fairey was involved with art in 1984, when he began placing his images on skateboards and T-shirts.
In 1988 he graduated from High School from the Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California. In 1992, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island Design School.
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Careers
Matching Giant stickers
Fairey created the "AndrÃÆ' Â © the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island Design School (RISD). It later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign, which has evolved through an international network of collaborators who replicate Fairey's original design. Fairey intended Obey Giant to inspire curiosity and cause people to question their relationship with their environment. According to Obey Giant's website, "The sticker has no meaning but only exists to get people to react, ponder, and search for meaning on the sticker". The website also says, on the contrary, that those who are familiar with stickers find the humor and pleasure of it and that those who try to analyze its meanings only burden themselves and may condemn the art as an act of vandalism from an evil underground cult..
Initially intending a sticker campaign to gain fame among his classmates and fellow lectures, Fairey says,
Initially I just thought of the response from my clicks at art school and skateboard friends. The fact that a larger public segment not only pays attention to, but investigates, the unexplained display of stickers is something I have not reflected on. As I began to see the reaction and consider the sociological forces working around the use of public spaces and insertion of images that were very eye-catching but ambiguous, I began to think there was the potential to create a phenomenon.
In a manifesto he wrote in 1990, and since posted on his website, he attributes his work to the concept of Heidegger's phenomenology. His "Obey" campaign was taken from John Carpenter's They Live , starring pro wrestler Roddy Piper, taking a number of slogans, including the slogan "Obey", and "This is Your God" slogan. the OBEY clothing line from the original sticker campaign, he also used the slogan "Medium is the Message" borrowed from Marshall McLuhan Shepard Fairey has stated in an interview that some of his work is inspired by other street artists.
Post graduation
After graduating, he set up a small printing business in Providence, Rhode Island, called Alternate Graphics, specializing in T-shirts and silkscreens stickers, which gave Fairey the ability to continue to pursue his own artwork. While living in Providence in 1994, Fairey met American filmmaker Helen Stickler, who also attended RISD and graduated with a film degree. The following spring, Stickler completed a short documentary about Shepard and his work, entitled "Andre the Giant have a Posse". The film premiered at the 1995 New York Underground Film Festival, and later played at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. It has been seen in over 70 international festivals and museums.
Fairey is a founding partner, along with Dave Kinsey and Phillip DeWolff, from the design studio BLK/MRKT Inc. from 1997 to 2003, specialized in guerrilla marketing, and the "development of a high-impact marketing campaign". Clients include Pepsi, Hasbro and Netscape (for whom Fairey designed the logo and masozot mozilla.org red dinosaur version).
In 2003 he founded the No. 1 design agency in the Studio with his wife, Amanda Fairey. The agency produced cover work for The Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business album and a poster for the Walk the Line movie. Fairey also designed the cover for The Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist , Flogging Molly CD/DVD Whiskey on Sunday , Led Zeppelin Mothership and movie Celebration Day , and Anthrax's The Greater Of Two Evils . Together with Banksy, Dmote, and others Fairey created works at a warehouse exhibition in Alexandria, Sydney, for Semi-Permanent in 2003. About 1,500 people attended.
In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for "Post Gen" collective art. "Be the Revolution" begins with a night show featuring Z-Trip, Ozomatli and David J at Avalon in Hollywood. Fairey also co-founded Swindle Magazine with Roger Gastman.
In 2005 he collaborated for the second time with Z-Trip on a 12-inch limited edition featuring Chuck D titled "Shock and Awe". In 2005 Fairey also collaborated with DJ Shadow on a set of boxes, with T-shirts, stickers, prints, and CD mixes by Shadow. In 2005 he showed abroad, for example in Paris at the Magda Danysz Gallery, and was a resident artist at the Honolulu Spalding House Art Museum (formerly known as The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu). Also in 2005, Fairey contributed artwork for posters, cover art, and graphics for Johnny Cash's Walk The Line biography. In 2006, Fairey donated eight vinyl etchings to a limited edition series 12 "single by the punk band Mission of Burma, and has also worked for Interpol music group.
In 2006, Fairey joined the advertising agency NYC Project 2050 as Founder's Creative Director and featured on the cover of Age Advertising magazine. While at Project 2050 Shepard develops creative work for Virgin Mega Store and Boost Mobile. The Book of Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey was released in 2006. In 2008, Obey's Philosophy (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989-2008) , edited by Sarah Jaye Williams, published by Nerve Books UK, and praised by Fairey.
In June 2007, Fairey opened his one-man event entitled "E Pluribus Venom", at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. The show creates the front page of the art section at New York Times .
Fairey contributed the original cover for the 2008 album Body of War: Inspiring Songs of Iraq War Veterans , produced for the Iraq War Iraq Body of War documentary. The results of the album benefit Iraqi non-profit organizations Veterans Against the War.
In 2008 Fairey teamed up again with Z-Trip to perform a series of performances to support Barack Obama's presidential candidate Party For Change. Fairey also designed posters for the British goth band Bauhaus.
In September 2008, Shepard opened his sole event entitled "The Duality of Humanity" at White Walls & amp; Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. Her third solo performance with the gallery featured one hundred and fifty works, including the largest collection of canvas works in a single performance she performed.
Fairey was arrested on February 7, 2009, on his way to his show premiere at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts, on two extraordinary warrants related to graffiti. He was charged with property damage for spreading two locations in Boston with graffiti, a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department said. His arrest was announced to a party audience by an old friend of Z-Trip who had appeared on the ICA premiere at the request of Shepard Fairey.
On April 27, 2009, Fairey placed three copies of Obama Obama posters signed on eBay, with auction proceeds going to the One Love For Chi foundation, founded by Deftones Chi Cheng's bassist family after a car accident in November. 2008 which almost claimed Cheng's life.
Lance Armstrong boarded Trek Madone arranged by Fairey in Giro d'Italia 2009, starting on May 9, 2009, in Venice, Italy.
Fairey's first art museum exhibition, titled Supply & amp; The request (like the previous book), was held in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art during the summer of 2009. The exhibition features over 250 works in various media: screen prints, stencils, stickers, rubylith illustrations, collages and work on wood , metal and canvas. As a complement to the ICA exhibition, Fairey created public artwork around Boston. The artist explains the driving motivation: "The real message behind most of my work is 'to question everything'."
In 2011 Time magazine commissioned Fairey to design the cover in honor of "The Protester" as Person of the Year in the wake of Spring Arab, Occupy Wall Street and other social movements around the world. This is Fairey's second Person of the Year cover for Time, his first creature Barack Obama in 2008.
In January 2015, Shepard Fairey made a cameo appearance at Portlandia . In July 2015, Fairey was arrested and detained at Los Angeles International Airport, after passing customs, with a warrant for allegedly damaging 14 buildings in Detroit. He then surrendered himself to the Detroit Police Department.
On September 17, 2015, the Jacob Lewis Gallery featured Shepard Fairey exhibition "On Our Hands", opening its first solo in New York City in five years. These paintings reflect the contemporary issues facing our global community: political corruption, environmental apathy, and abuse of power. The exhibition coincides with the new Fairey monograph, Covert to Overt, published by Rizzoli.
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Poster Harapan
Fairey made a series of posters supporting Barack Obama's candidacy in 2008 for the President of the United States, including an iconic "HOPE" portrait. The New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl calls the poster "America's most profound political illustration since 'Uncle Sam Wants You'". Fairey also created an exclusive design for Rock the Vote. Since the Hope poster has been "illegally immortalized" and independently by street artists, Obama's campaign refuses to have direct affiliation with him. Although the campaign officially denied any involvement in the making or popularizing the poster, Fairey commented in the interview that he was communicating with the campaign officer during that period immediately after the release of the poster. Fairey has stated that the original version displays the word "PROGRESS" and not the word "HOPE", and that within a few weeks of being released, the campaign asks that he release (and legally deploy) a new version, keep Obama's strong image facing but stamp with the word "HOPE". The campaign openly embraces the revised poster along with two additional Fairey posters featuring the words "CHANGE" and "VOICE".
Fairey distributed 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during the campaign, funding his nomination at the grassroots through posters and art sales. "I just keep all the money to make more stuff, so I do not save Obama money," Fairey explained in December 2009.
In February 2008, Fairey received a letter of thanks from Obama for his contribution to the campaign. The letter states:
I want to thank you for using your talents to support my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe that they can change the status quo. Your image has a big influence on people, whether viewed in the gallery or on the stop sign. I am honored to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity. - Barack Obama, February 22, 2008
On November 5, 2008, Chicago posted banners throughout the downtown business district featuring a portrait of Obama's "HOPE" Fairey.
Fairey created a new yet similar image from Barack Obama for Time magazine, which was used as a cover art for the 2008 Personality Year edition. The original "HOPE" photo icon is featured on the cover of Esquire Magazine's edition > 'February 2009, this time with the text ", NOW?" The influence of Shepard Fairey throughout the presidential election is a factor in the artist himself who has been named Person of the Year for 2008 by GQ .
In January 2009, the "HOPE" photo was taken by the US National Portrait Gallery and became part of its permanent collection. It was inaugurated and on display on January 17, 2009.
In 2009 Obama Fairey portraits are featured in Art For Obama's book: Designing the Manifest of Hope and the Campaign for Change , which Fairey also edits.
In his December 8, 2010 appearance at The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert asked Fairey how he felt about having portrayed "HOPE" Obama and how "hope it works for him now?" which Fairey replied: "You know, I'm proud of that as part of grassroots activism, but I'll just let it go".
In an interview with Esquire in 2015 Fairey said that Obama did not meet his expectations, "not even close". He continued, "Obama has a very difficult time, but there are a lot of things he compromises on which I would never expect.I mean, drones and domestic spy are the last thing I think [he will support]."
Fairey creates a mutt version of red, white, and blue posters, donating it to help support the adoption of pets, from the rescue dog shaggy taken by photographer Clay Myers. Four hundred limited edition prints are offered by Adopt-A-Pet.com, a nonprofit organization that helps shelters, humane communities and rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to potential adopters. The poster, which is also offered as a free download, is featured on the cover of the spring 2009 issue of Dog's Life magazine.
Mural Mandela
In 2014, Fairey painted a towering mural, as high as 9 floors, paying homage to Nelson Mandela and the 25th Anniversary of the Purple Rain Demonstration. This is a public art work on Juta Street in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, overlooking the Nelson Mandela Bridge. This mural is Fairey's first work in Africa and is seen by many as a iconic HOPE Barack Obama poster.
"This is a great center of exclamation marks..." says Patrick Gaspard, the American Ambassador to South Africa, which makes us remember the whole struggle of liberation and the peaceful transition to the freedom achieved by Nelson Mandela.
Honest Gil Fulbright
Fairey created an adaptation of Obama's HOPE poster for the satirical Kentucky politician, Honest Gil Fulbright. Frank L. Ridley, the actor depicting Fulbright, is featured on the poster, along with the words "SOLD", which refers to Fulbright's "honest" political message: "I am just in this case for money, but at least I am honest" € <â € Marianne
As a tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attack, Fairey made a poster representing Marianne, the national icon of France, surrounded by the national motto of Libertà ©  ©, ÃÆ'  © galitÃÆ' ©, fraternitÃÆ' © . In June 2016, the design was painted as a mural at 186 rue Nationale, Paris. Fairey gave the poster a gift to Emmanuel Macron, who hung it in his office after occupying the French presidency.
Activism and understanding of humanity
Shepard Fairey is always open about controversial social and political topics and often contributes and creates artwork to promote awareness of these social issues and contribute directly to these causes.
In early 2000, Fairey began donating to organizations such as the Chiapas Relief Fund, the ACLU, Feeding America, and the Art of Elysium. After Obama's campaign, Fairey donated the proceeds from the sale of these posters to the ACLU and Feeding America. In September 2010, Fairey made a poster for the ACLU with actress Olivia Wilde as the Statue of Liberty holding a megaphone and clipboard, a weapon of choice for the ACLU.
The Obey Awareness Program, operated by Obey Clothing, was established in 2007 as an extension of Fairey's humanitarian efforts. The program allows Fairey to support the causes he believes by selling specially designed merchandise and donates 100% of the profits collected to his own chosen organizations and causes. Past nonprofits benefiting from the program include Hope for Darfur, Action Jam 11, Feed America, earthquake relief in Haiti, Dark Wave/Sunrise for Japanese help, and Adopt-a-Pet.com. Environmental non-profit organizations such as the Surfrider Foundation, Urban Root, Alaskan Wildlife Sanctuary and many more also receive donations. The Obey Awareness T-shirt is most useful for the Go Campaign, an organization that improves the lives of orphans and vulnerable children around the world by partnering with local heroes to provide local solutions.
Fairey sits on the advisory board Achieving Embrace Art, a nonprofit organization that provides art supplies for schools and disadvantaged students. In 2007, Fairey was commissioned to create logos for "Music Is Revolution Foundation" and became a board member of the Music Revolution Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports music education for students in public schools.
As a type 1 diabetes, Fairey often contributes to nonprofit organizations that aid in medical research. He is one of the supporters of Give to Cure, a non-profit organization devoted to accelerating the process of drug discovery for human disease. Fairey created the first Give To Cure sticker series with 20 different designs. In addition, he created three special edition prints to commemorate the first Give To Cure campaign. In January 2012, Fairey created an exclusive print called "The Cure" for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a leading global organization that funded the research of type 1 diabetes. All proceeds from sales went towards JDRF. In June 2013, a documentary entitled "The Human Trial" about the quest to cure type 1 diabetes attracted the attention of Fairey who later created a movie poster to raise funds for the film.
Every year since 2009, Fairey has donated his artwork to raise funds for the Philanthropic Fine Arts Foundation. In August 2011, Fairey donated Buddhist pieces inspired by Mandala Ornament ($ 12,000 worth) to help raise funds for the Foundation through an online auction of ART FOR LIFE, a major annual fundraising effort that helps support thousands of underserved New York children. The results of annual gala and auctions benefit the education program and signature Foundation art gallery, which directly serves 2,300 students each year.
In June 2009, Fairey made a poster to support Aung San Suu Kyi's suffering to bring awareness to human rights in Burma. The results of this mold benefit the Center for Human Rights Action and the US Campaign for Burma.
In 2009, Fairey worked with artist and activist Ernesto Yerena, activist Marco Amador and musician Zack de la Rocha from Rage Against the Machine, to create, distribute and sell posters against the inhuman and anti-immigrant rhetoric for We Are Human Campaign. Most of the results go to the National Day Organizing Network (NDLON) and Puente, a grassroots community group that fights for human dignity.
Fairey has also created works of art for the benefit of the David Lynch Foundation for World-Based Awareness and Peace Education (DLF). In April 2009, Fairey made a poster for David Lynch Foundation's "Change Begins Within" charity concert. In April 2011, Fairey donated unique collection items to the Foundation's "Download for Good" campaign. In April 2015, Fairey made a memorial poster for the 10th anniversary of David Lynch music, with all proceeds from the sale of posters going to the foundation.
In November 2009, Fairey partnered with the grassroots LGBT FAIR organization to auction off the "Defend Love Unity Equality Poster" to raise awareness and funding to fight for the equality of gay and lesbian marriages.
Fairey is a supporter of movements of artists such as The Art of Elysium, an organization that aims to influence social change by making art available to struggling artists and young people struggling against serious illness. In August 2010, Fairey donated an original Burmese Manga art work as well as an opportunity for a living portrait that sits for Art of Elysium. In September 2014, Fairey curated The Art of Elysium's GENESIS featuring the L.A. artist. the developing, creative, tastemakers, and social leaders.
In May 2010, Fairey partnered with Feeding America and The Advertising Council to create outdoor public service advertisements to raise awareness about domestic hunger.
In 2011, Fairey was appointed honorary chairman of Young Literati, a philanthropic group from the Los Angeles Library Foundation. Fairey has created works of art and curates several Young Literati Yearly Toast events that benefit the Library Foundation. Fairey Amanda's wife has held the position of chairman of the Library Foundation since 2013.
In December 2011, Fairey contributed to the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation "Artist as Activist" print project that is beneficial to the Coalition for the Homeless. Fairey made a genuine print called "Unwritten Future" to commemorate Rauschenburg's dedication to important social issues and the Coalition's mission to the Homeless. The printout was sold at Artnet to collect more than $ 150,000 to support the Coalition's life-saving program.
In July 2013, Fairey undertook a public art project for the nonprofit LPT Fund for Education. The Fairey design entitled "Create Your Future" is one of three installments in the #ArtsMatter campaign, which is a collaborative effort with P.S. ARTS and displays of art displayed on billboards and buses across the city of Los Angeles to send a message that important art in school. Once again in 2015, Fairey contributed to P.S. Art, and collaborate with Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs to create a one-type carpet for benefit auction for P.S. Art.
In March 2014, Fairey made a portrait of Ai Weiwei with Friends of Ai Weiwei, a group of Ai supporters who tried to promote awareness of the legal status of artists in China where the authorities confiscated his passport. The results of the poster are aimed at Friends of Ai Weiwei's efforts to help the artist and promote freedom of speech.
In July 2015, Ai Weiwei received a full six-month UK visa, canceling the decision not to give him travel documents. Legal rights with appropriations and fair use
Fairey has been criticized for failing to get permission and providing attribution to the work he uses. Fairey threatened to sue artists for the same technique. The Austin, Texas-based graphic designer Baxter Orr does Fairey's own work in a section called Protect , with the iconic Obey Obey face covered by a SARS breathing mask. Orr markets the mold as his own. On April 23, 2008, Orr received a stop-and-break order from Fairey's lawyer, telling him to stop selling Protect for violating Fairey's trademark. Fairey threatened to sue, calling the designer "parasite."
Initially, Fairey claimed his HOPE poster was based on a 2006 copyright photo of Senator Barack Obama sitting next to actor George Clooney, taken in April 2006 by Mannie Garcia on an assignment to the Associated Press, who wanted credit and compensation for the job.. Garcia believes that he personally owns the copyright for the photo, and has said, "If you throw all the legal stuff, I am very proud of the picture and that Fairey does what he does artistically with it, and its effect". Fairey says that the use of his photograph falls within the definition of fair use law. Fairey claims he uses snippets of photos as raw materials for creating heroic and inspirational political portraits, aesthetics that are essentially different from the original photographs. Lawyers for both sides are trying to reach a peace agreement.
In February 2009, Fairey filed a federal suit against the Associated Press, seeking a declarative judgment that its use of AP photographs was protected by a fair use doctrine and thus did not infringe on their copyrights. Initially, Fairey claims that he uses Clooney and Obama's photos, cuts the actors out of the shot, and makes other changes. In October 2009, Shepard Fairey admitted that he had tried to deceive the Court by destroying evidence that he instead used a photo alleged by the AP. Fairey admits he has used Obama's close-up photos, also taken by Mannie Garcia, as alleged by AP. The solo photos look much more like the final HOPE posters than the Clooney and Obama photos.
Fairey's lawyers announced that they no longer represented him, and Laurence Pulgram, an intellectual property lawyer, claimed that the revelation must have put Mr.'s case. Fairey "in trouble". In May 2010, a judge urged Fairey to stay. The parties settled in January 2011. On February 24, 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty to criminal defamation court for "destroying documents and manufacturing evidence." On September 7, 2012, Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service, ordered to pay a $ 25,000 federal fine, and was placed on probation for two years by US Judge Frank Maas.
Critical response
Liam O'Donoghue interviewed Fairey for Mother Jones and questioned the artist about the criticism associated with the use of his image from social movements, especially the drawings made by black artists. O'Donoghue then posted an article, titled "Shepard Fairey Image Problem", on several independent media sites. O 'Donoghue explores the use of Fairey's copyrighted images when defending his own copyrighted works used by other artists and companies. Fairey cites his collaboration with Public Enemy, funding it from the Zapatista National Liberation Army, and his six-digit charitable contribution to Darfur aid in response to alleged exploitation.
"I challenge anyone to make love with it, know what I mean", Fairey stated. "It's not like I'm just jumping on some cool rebels for the sake of exploit for profit. People like to talk crap, but usually to justify their apathy." I do not want to underestimate anyone's struggles through the usual neglect of something strong; that's not my intention. "
Erick Lyle accuses Fairey of cynically turning graffiti culture into a self-promoting advertising campaign. On the other hand, San Diego Union-Tribune art critic Robert L. Pincus says Fairey's work "is a political art with a strong sense of visual style and emotional originality.Even when political art has receded, Fairey has the balance of seriousness, irony, and intelligence appropriate to adjust the atmosphere of the moment ". The Walrus contributor Nick Mount writes "Following the example set by the art gallery, some street art is more about concepts than art." Fuck Bush 'is not aesthetic: it is ethics Shepard Fairey's Obey the Giant stickers and posters Akayisme Akay is a clever boy from Duchamp, an ironic conceptual art. "But Stephen Heller of The New York Times suggests that Fairey's political art has in common with the political art of the past, for example for political art created by Andy Warhol.
In the New York Times review of "E Pluribus Venom" at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, art critic Benjamin Genocchio described Fairey's art as "generic" despite the variety of mediums and styles used by artists. Genocchio goes on to say that it's tempting to see Fairey's art as just another fancy commodity.
Andrew Michael Ford, director of Ad Hoc Art, said Fairey's practice did not "fit" in the minds of those who saw his work. Ford points out that some people will see Fairey's work as "very commercial". In his commentary, he suggested that Fairey "mature" to be criticized for he benefited from works that were politically and socially charged. Ford stated that, despite his criticism, he is a fan of Fairey's work.
Artists Mark Vallen, Lincoln Cushing, Josh MacPhee, and Favianna Rodriguez have documented that Fairey has adjusted work by Koloman Moser, Ralph Chaplin, Pirkle Jones, Rupert Garcia, Rene Mederos, FÃÆ'Â © lix BeltrÃÆ'¡n, and Gary Grimshaw, among others. In his criticism, "Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey", Vallen dissects various works of Fairey, demonstrating them to be copied from the works of other artists. Jamie O'Shea criticized Vallen's approach to "almost no understanding of the artist's use of a suitable image in his work and historical precedents for this mode of creative expression," in addition to being disguised in a clear thin layer. envy in many cases ".
Art critic Brian Sherwin criticized O'Shea's criticism of Mark Vallen by saying that O'Shea's article on SUPERTOUCH is nothing more than "damage control". Sherwin questioned O'Shea's defense of Fairey, noting that Fairey is the author of SUPERTOUCH and O'Shea's business associates. Sherwin points out that O'Shea has a "vested" interest in ensuring that Fairey is viewed positively by the public as he has curated an art exhibition involving Fairey and has written much about the artist. Sherwin writes that O'Shea has served as editor-in-chief for Juxtapoz and has worked as a creative director hired by the company's art collection as a corporate liaison for acquisitions. Sherwin concludes that the public will "question the artist who says to question everything," regardless of O'Shea's Mark Vallen "damage control" on SUPERTOUCH. Sherwin implies that O'Shea's critique of Vallen is selective because the main negative facts about Fairey's history are left out in the article. The dispute between Sherwin and O'Shea was quoted by Dan Wasserman on The Boston Globe Out of Line.
Blogger has criticized Fairey for receiving commissions from companies such as Saks Fifth Avenue, where his design agency produced illustrations inspired by Constructivism and Alexander Rodchenko. Fairey defended his company commission by saying that clients like Saks Fifth Avenue helped him to keep his studio operative and his assistant working. Fairey has acknowledged irony as a street artist exploring the themes of free speech while at the same time being an artist hired by the company for consumer campaigns. He said that designers and artists must make money to survive.
"I consider myself a populist artist," Fairey said. "I want to reach people through as many different platforms as possible: street art is a bureaucratic free way to reach people, but T-shirts, stickers, commercial jobs, the Internet - there are so many ways I use to put my work in front of people. "
In August 2011, Fairey received black eyes and bruised ribs after being attacked outside Kodboderne 18 nightclub in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fairey claimed the two attackers called him "Obama illuminati" and ordered him to "return to America". He believes the attack is the result of a misunderstanding of his artwork, which commemorates the demolition of the legendary Ungdomshuset (house of youth) in Jagtvej 69. His paintings show a peace pigeon in a flight surrounded by a Tau laden circle on the word "Peace"; it was vandalized within 24 hours of its opening with graffiti slogans "no peace" and "home, Yankee hipster".
Fairey lives in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles with his wife, Amanda and daughter Vivienne and Madeline. In addition to his successful graphic design career, Fairey has also become a DJ in many clubs under the name DJ Diabetic and Emcee Insulin, as he has type 1 diabetes.
See also
- Banksy (Bristol) - graffiti, graffiti stencils
- Tavar Zawacki a.k.a. ABOVE - American artist addressing social and political issues on the streets is functioning.
- Tatyana Fazlalizadeh - illustrator, street artist
- Invader - the mosaic
- List of street artists
References
Further reading
- #Obey Sherpard Fairey (2014) Drago Publishing.
- Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal by James Daichendt, Cameron Company; (December, 2013)
- Mayday: The Art of Shepard Fairey Gingko Press; First edition (December 10, 2010)
- E Pluribus Venom by Shepard Fairey (2008) Gingko Press. Obey Giant: The Formative Years (1989-2008) , edited by Sarah Jaye Williams (2008), Nerve Books UK.
- Obey: Supply & amp; Request, The Art of Shepard Fairey by Shepard Fairey (2006), Gingko Press.
- Beautiful Losers (movie)
- "Shepard Fairey in arte Obey La vita e le opere del re della poster art" in Sabina de Gregori, Castelvecchi edit, 2011
External links
- Obey Giant Website
- Shepard Fairey at National Public Radio in 2009
- Shepard Fairey at National Public Radio in 2008
- Shepard Fairey on IMDb
- Interview at Huffington Post
- Interview with Manuel Bello
- Interview
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