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| Obey: Supply & Demand |
| The Art of Shepard Fairey 1989–2009 |
| 20th Anniversary Edition |
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| Obey: Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey – 20th Anniversary Edition expands upon the previous version of this book and adds 100 new pages of illustrations and text to showcase Fairey’s extensive body of work, a massive retrospective covering 20 colorful years. Recently thrust into the spotlight for his image of President-elect Barack Obama, Shepard Fairey helped catalyze a movement from his unique vantage at the intersection of art, popular culture and politics. The 20th anniversary edition gives full coverage to this recent chapter in the groundbreaking artist’s storied career. |
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| This massive book pulls no punches and all areas of artist’s work, travels and travails are illuminated. From exhibitions, posters, flyers, silkscreens and stickers to high altitude pursuits, citations and police beatings, it’s all documented in a museum quality layout and binding. Through the lens of esteemed writers and critics such as Carlo McCormick, Steven Heller, Henry Rollins, Rob Walker, Roger Gastman and more, readers learn about Shepard Fairey, the roots of the omnipresent OBEY street art campaign, his design practice and prolific gallery exhibitions. Also featured are artworks in diverse mediums ranging from album covers (including the recently released Led Zeppelin compilation Mothership), to skateboards and T-shirts.
The evidence is in, and it’s clear that Shepard Fairey is not one to rest on his laurels; the work must go on. For both long time fans wanting the complete collection and those just curious to know what all this OBEY business is about, Obey: Supply and Demand is the answer.
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Includes an 18" x 24" color poster by Shepard Fairey
446 pages, Hardcover, 9 1/2'' x 12 1/4'' (240 x 310 mm)
780 color illustrations, English
ISBN: 978-1-58423-349-7 $ 59.95 |
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| About the Artist: |
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| Shepard Fairey |
| Shepard Fairey is the man behind OBEY GIANT, the graphics that have changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. What started with an absurd sticker he created in 1989 while a student at the Rhode Island School of Design has since evolved into a worldwide street art campaign, as well as an acclaimed body of fine art. In 2003, Fairey founded Studio Number One, a creative design firm dedicated to applying his ethos at the intersection of art and enterprise.
Fairey’s art reached a new height of prominence in 2008, when his "HOPE" portrait of Barack Obama became the iconic image of the presidential campaign and helped inspire an unprecedented political movement. The original image now hangs in the Smithsonian In-stitution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
In 2009, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston honored Fairey with a full-scale solo retrospective, also titled Supply and Demand. The show will tour the country through 2010. His work has also been exhibited in such museums and collections as The New Museum of Design, New York; the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; the Baltic Center for Con-temporary Art, New Castle, UK; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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| Website: www.obeygiant.com |
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| MAYDAY: Art of Shepard Fairey |
| The final exhibition before the closing of New York’s seminal Deitch Projects, MAYDAY is a call for heightened awareness and a celebration of the rebirth embodied in revolutionary movements. With energy and urgency, Fairey captures the subject's radical spirit. more... |
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