Shepard Fairey Basquiat screenprint (Basquiat Shepard Fairey)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Shepard Fairey Basquiat Screen Print 2010: Medium: Screen-print in colors.
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
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Screen
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Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey “Unyielding” Aluminum Signed Beyond The Streets Obey Giant Urban, 2020
$2,500
Shepard Fairey “Unyielding” Aluminum Signed Beyond The Streets Obey Giant Urban
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Hand-signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (C.O.A.), this edition is part of a finite run, reinforcing its rarity and appeal among collectors of moder...
Category
2010s Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Shepard Fairey - Rise from the Ashes (Red)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in London, GB
Born in 1970, Fairey gained widespread recognition for his "Obey Giant" campaign, which originated as a sticker campaign featuring the face of professional wrestler André the Giant.
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Chinese Banner Letterpress Print Obey Giant Contemporary Street, 2014
$1,000
Shepard Fairey Chinese Banner Letterpress Print Obey Giant Contemporary Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
In 1994, filmmaker Helen Stickler featured Fairey and his sticker phenomenon in her documentary: Andre the Giant has a Posse.
Category
2010s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard Fairey - Rise from the Ashes (Black)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in London, GB
Born in 1970, Fairey gained widespread recognition for his "Obey Giant" campaign, which originated as a sticker campaign featuring the face of professional wrestler André the Giant.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard Fairey Limited Edition Spray Paint Can (Shepard Fairey cut it up)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1989 Fairey created the André the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, featuring a stylized image of the wrestler André the Giant.
Category
2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Metal
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Damaged Icon Screenprint Obey Giant Face Contemporary Street Art, 2018
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Damaged Icon Screenprint Obey Giant Face Contemporary Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2018 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 12/10/18 Run: 409/450 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Fine Art Cream Speckle Tone With Gold Metallic...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Opt- Art Icon Screenprint Aqua Contemporary Street Art Obey Giant, 2024
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Opt- Art Icon Screenprint Aqua Contemporary Street Art Obey Giant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
I always have fun finding new ways to use some of my staple images, like the Icon Face, because repetition with evolution is an important principle for the Obey Giant campaign. - She...
Category
2010s Street Art Interior Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Screenprint Opt-Art Green/Pink Street Contemporary Art Obey Giant, 2024
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Screenprint Opt-Art Green/Pink Street Contemporary Art Obey Giant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
I always have fun finding new ways to use some of my staple images, like the Icon Face, because repetition with evolution is an important principle for the Obey Giant campaign. - She...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey ICE-T OG Blue Screenprint Contemporary Street Rap Art Obey Giant, 2016
$1,500
Shepard Fairey ICE-T OG Blue Screenprint Contemporary Street Rap Art Obey Giant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Signed & Numbered in pencil by the artist's Shepard Fairey, ICE-T & Glen Friedman. I first heard Ice-T in 1988 around the same time I had also just picked u...
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2010s Street Art More Prints
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Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey TWENTY-ONE Print Obey Giant Studio Number One Echo Park Urban Art, 2021
$950
Shepard Fairey TWENTY-ONE Print Obey Giant Studio Number One Echo Park Urban Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
DIMENSIONS 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm Edition 133 of 250 He gets to know the universe of graphic design very early, at age 14, when he draws images to be printed on t-shirts and skate...
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2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Set Of 4 Fine Art Screenprints OP-ART ICON Obey Giant Street Art, 2024
$4,750
Shepard Fairey Set Of 4 Fine Art Screenprints OP-ART ICON Obey Giant Street Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Signature Hand-signed by artist, All four prints are signed and numbered by the artist in pencil, Shepard Fairey. Dated 2024 Certificate of authenticity Included (issued by gallery) ...
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2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
"Chinese Banner" Letterpress Print by Shepard Fairey Contemporary
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed poster...
Category
2010s More Prints
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey — We the People 5-Print Offset Lithograph Set (2017) Unsigned, 2024
$450
Shepard Fairey — We the People 5-Print Offset Lithograph Set (2017) Unsigned
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Cultural Significance: Released in 2017 around the U.S. presidential inauguration, the series was designed to affirm shared humanity in a time of division—a moment both timely and ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard Fairey, 'Kiss Me Deadly' 2007, Signed and Numbered
$1,635Sale Price|40% Off
Shepard Fairey, 'Kiss Me Deadly' 2007, Signed and Numbered
By Shepard Fairey
Located in London, GB
A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed poster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard Fairey Obey Defend Dignity Large Format Print US History
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
The image reimagined by Shepard Fairey was based off a controversial photograph taken by Arlene Mejorado.
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer, 2014
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
The image was selected when Fairey demonstrated to a friend how to make a stencil; it was modified slightly to include the meaningless caption “Andre the Giant has a Posse” and made ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer, 2014
$2,250
Shepard Fairey Lifeguard Not on Duty Screenprint Contemporary Street Art Summer
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
The image was selected when Fairey demonstrated to a friend how to make a stencil; it was modified slightly to include the meaningless caption “Andre the Giant has a Posse” and made ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Keith Haring Screen Print, Hand Signed by Shepard Fairey, AP Edition
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Aventura, FL
In 1989 Fairey created the André the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, featuring a stylized image of the wrestler André the Giant.
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyPhenomenology in Bloom (Andre the Giant, Heidegger, Philosophical Street Art), 2025
$390Sale Price|22% Off
Phenomenology in Bloom (Andre the Giant, Heidegger, Philosophical Street Art)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
More than three decades ago, while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, Shepard Fairey authored a paper originally titled A Social and Psychological Explanation of Andre th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
People's Climate March 2014 Protest Signed Limited Edition Print, Shepard Fairey
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Bath, Somerset
A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed poster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Prints
Materials
Paper
Shepard FaireyTom Petty Mojo Tour Shepard Fairey Holographic Slikscreen Contemporary Music Art, 2010
$2,000
Tom Petty Mojo Tour Shepard Fairey Holographic Slikscreen Contemporary Music Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
In 1994, filmmaker Helen Stickler featured Fairey and his sticker phenomenon in her documentary: Andre the Giant has a Posse.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard Fairey Obey Greater Than Fear Large Format Print US History
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
The image reimagined by Shepard Fairey was based off a controversial photograph taken by Ridwan Adhami.
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Screenprint Opt-Art Green Gradient Street Contemporary Art Obey, 2024
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Screenprint Opt-Art Green Gradient Street Contemporary Art Obey
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
I always have fun finding new ways to use some of my staple images, like the Icon Face, because repetition with evolution is an important principle for the Obey Giant campaign. - She...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireySadistic Dog Walker Shepard Fairey Blue Edition Street Contemporary Art Obey Pop, 2021
$1,450
Sadistic Dog Walker Shepard Fairey Blue Edition Street Contemporary Art Obey Pop
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed poster...
Category
2010s Street Art Interior Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Ernesto Yerena Power Glory Skull Red Gold Large Format Print Ed75, 2017
$3,000
Shepard Fairey Ernesto Yerena Power Glory Skull Red Gold Large Format Print Ed75
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena Power and Glory Skull Red Gold Black Large Format Edition Signed and Numbered by Shepard Fairey and Ernesto Yerena 30" x 40" Print Fine Art Silk Sc...
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2010s Street Art More Prints
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Gold
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Bureau of Public Works Twice Signed work on wood panel unique AP, 2004
$15,000
Shepard Fairey Bureau of Public Works Twice Signed work on wood panel unique AP
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
Challenging the status quo, one of his most famous projects, Obey Giant (1990-present), illustrated Fairey's interest in phenomenology and subversion, as he quietly placed his Andre ...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Wood, Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Fine Art Screenprint Op-Art Icon Aqua Gradient Street Pop 90s Art, 2024
$1,750
Shepard Fairey Fine Art Screenprint Op-Art Icon Aqua Gradient Street Pop 90s Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
I always have fun finding new ways to use some of my staple images, like the Icon Face, because repetition with evolution is an important principle for the Obey Giant campaign. - She...
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2010s Street Art More Prints
Materials
Screen
Flavor Flav Screen Print on Birch Wood, Signed by Fairey, 172/202
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Aventura, FL
In 1989 Fairey created the André the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign, featuring a stylized image of the wrestler André the Giant.
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Wood
Shepard FaireyPsychedelic Andre — Pair: "Endless Summer" Variant & "Classic Red" Variant, 2020
$1,750
Psychedelic Andre — Pair: "Endless Summer" Variant & "Classic Red" Variant
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
A matched pair of limited-edition archival pigment prints from Psychedelic Andre — the first-ever collaboration between two of the most influential American graphic artists of the pa...
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2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
The Provocateur, Chicago
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
We The Future Rewrite the Law Signed and Numbered Screenprint Large Format
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Each print is signed and numbered by Shepard Fairey Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator ...
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2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Godfather (Set of Four)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
In 1989 he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyJasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2), 2010
$88,000
Jasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
Fairey’s most recognizable work is Andre the Giant Has a Posse, Rock the Vote, Obey Giant, and the Barack Obama Hope poster, the iconic image made popular during the 2008 presidentia...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen
Propaganda Engineering
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
MayDay Flag, Small
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Scale Tipping
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Windmill
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Peace and Justice, Haiti.
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyClem Burke Sonic DNA (Blondie Drummer, Music Icon, Rock Legend), 2025
$390Sale Price|22% Off
Clem Burke Sonic DNA (Blondie Drummer, Music Icon, Rock Legend)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey created this tribute print honoring Clem Burke, the legendary drummer of Blondie, based on photographs by Bobby Grossman.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Peace Woman
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Close Knite
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyGlobal Warning - Global Warming (Andy Warhol museum Edition) - Signed/N politics, 2009
$2,800
Global Warning - Global Warming (Andy Warhol museum Edition) - Signed/N politics
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
Shepard Fairey Biography A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign,...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Signed 2018 NØISE State Violence State Control Signed Print
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey — State Violence State Control (2018) Shepard Fairey’s State Violence State Control is a striking screen print that confronts themes of authority, oppression, and res...
Category
2010s More Art
Materials
Paper
Arab Woman (gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Duality of Humanity #1
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Duality of Humanity #2
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Big Brother Profile
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Bayonettes
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
2nd Amendment Solutions
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Peace Woman
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Duality of Humanity #5
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Nubian
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Obey ’99
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Obey Dove Black and Red
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Obey Lotus Crescent (Black / Gold)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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Shepard FaireyFrank Shepard Fairey, Nubian Power to the Posse, Silkscreen, 1998
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Frank Shepard Fairey, Nubian Power to the Posse, Silkscreen
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Shepard Fairey American Artist: b. 1971. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder ...
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1990s Street Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey, TWO AMERICAS, 2016 Silkscreen, signed and numbered, 2016
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Shepard Fairey, TWO AMERICAS, 2016 Silkscreen, signed and numbered
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Shepard Fairey American Artist: b. 1971. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder ...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey, DUALITY OF HUMANITY #1 Silkscreen signed/No. 2008, 2008
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Shepard Fairey, DUALITY OF HUMANITY #1 Silkscreen signed/No. 2008
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
“DUALITY OF HUMANITY” art prints by Fairey Shepard From a collaboration with photographer Al Rockoff, Shepard Fairey develops "Duality of Humanity" series, which aims to highlight th...
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Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Shepard FaireyFrank Shepard Fairey, GUN CULTURE 2016, Serigraph hand signed/no.edition 100, 2016
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Frank Shepard Fairey, GUN CULTURE 2016, Serigraph hand signed/no.edition 100
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Shepard Fairey American Artist: b. 1971. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder ...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Shepard FaireyFrank Shepard Fairey (Obey) 20 YEAR RETRO SERIES SET Serigraph pencil signed/N0, 2009
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Frank Shepard Fairey (Obey) 20 YEAR RETRO SERIES SET Serigraph pencil signed/N0
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Shepard Fairey American Artist: b. 1971. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder ...
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Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyPeace Woman (2008), Screen Print, Rare Kennwood Vineyard Limited Edition of 200, 2008
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Peace Woman (2008), Screen Print, Rare Kennwood Vineyard Limited Edition of 200
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Fairey is famous for creating the Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign that attracted significant curiosity and interest, eventually evolving into the Obey Giant clothing bra...
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Early 2000s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyArab Woman Gold (2007), Screen Print, Limited Edition of 300, 2007
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Arab Woman Gold (2007), Screen Print, Limited Edition of 300
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Fairey is famous for creating the Andre the Giant Has a Posse sticker campaign that attracted significant curiosity and interest, eventually evolving into the Obey Giant clothing bra...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Pretty Disobedient
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
From his first sticker campaign featuring images of Andre the Giant, appropriated from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News to his most recent works, Fairey seeks to eff...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
Two Sides of Capitalism: Good
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Jersey City, NJ
He received a BA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1991. In 1989, Fairey launched an ambitious campaign of stickers and posters featuring a stenciled image of the wrestler An...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood
Shepard Fairey"Sunset to Die For, 2007" SIGNED Screenprint in Colors on Speckled Paper, 2007
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"Sunset to Die For, 2007" SIGNED Screenprint in Colors on Speckled Paper
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Dallas, TX
One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
Flower Stencil (Red/Yellow)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed poster...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
JUXTAPOZ FACTOR LAGUNA
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Tallinn, EE
JUXTAPOZ FACTOR LAGUNA Screenprint in colors, 2008, signed in pencil, dated and inscribed 'AP', an artist's proof aside from the edition of 200, on wove paper, published by Obey Gi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Neal Young Metal
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).This later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Metal
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey Basquiat screenprint (Basquiat Shepard Fairey), 2010
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Shepard Fairey Basquiat screenprint (Basquiat Shepard Fairey)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in NEW YORK, NY
About Shepard Fairey Shepard Fairey (American, b. 1970) is a contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene of Southern California.
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard Fairey Basquiat Poster
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shepard Fairey Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition poster, Deitch Projects, New York 2010.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Posters
Materials
Paper
Obey, Andre the Giant Triptych.
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Triptych titled "Obey, Andre the Giant" 2009, is a original Lithograph on creme paper by renown artist Shepard Fairey, b.1970.
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Late 20th Century Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andre The Giant W/ Posse
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Dallas, TX
1st Edition Sticker Released When Artist First Begain The Obey Campaign. These Are Extremely Rare As Most Of Them Got Posted Up And Stuck On Walls/Signs Etc. Its Very Rare That One W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art
Materials
Adhesive, Screen
Shepard FaireyAndre The Giant (Unknown Edition - Signed, not numbered.), 1998
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Andre The Giant (Unknown Edition - Signed, not numbered.)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist: Shepard Fairey Title: GIANT 98 Size: 38 x 26 x 1.5 Unknown Edition - Signed, not numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard FaireySHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft, 2021
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
SHEPARD FAIREY - GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE), urban art, tile, craft
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
Shepard Fairey Obey Jaws Wave Limited Edition Screenprint 426/450 Hand Signed 20
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H 1.5 in W 24.25 in L 1.5 in
Shepard Fairey Obey Jaws Wave Limited Edition Screenprint 426/450 Hand Signed 20
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
The print was purchased direct from Shepard Fairey's website and was immediately flat filed, never framed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Materials
Paper
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairy "We The Future - Rise to Re ....." Silkscreen Signed and Dated, 2018
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H 36 in W 24 in
Shepard Fairy "We The Future - Rise to Re ....." Silkscreen Signed and Dated
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Detroit, MI
Born Frank Shepard Fairey in Charleston in 1970, Fairey came into prominence as a street artist and graphic designer whose works such as "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" and the Barack ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset, Screen
WK Shepard Portrait (Iconic, Sprayer, Street Art, Graffiti)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey WK Shepard Portrait Screen print on French Speckletone True White Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 36 inches Signed by WK and Shepard Fairey, dated and numbered by hand Frank Sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Scratch On The Wire
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Scratch On The Wire Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2021 Size: 24 x 24 inches Signed by both Shepard Fairey and Dennis Morris.
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Eyes On The King Verdict
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Eyes On The King Verdict Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (born F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyOnly The Finest Poison (Iconic, oil industries, deceptive marketing, bribing), 2023
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H 24 in W 18 in
Only The Finest Poison (Iconic, oil industries, deceptive marketing, bribing)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Only The Finest Poison Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (born Feb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyThe Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo) (Iconic, Feminist, Trailblazer), 2023
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H 24 in W 18 in
The Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo) (Iconic, Feminist, Trailblazer)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey The Woman Who Defeated Pain (Frida Kahlo) Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 550 Signed, dated and numbered by hand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Limited Edition Spray Can (Cream)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Dallas, TX
Color: Cream Description Shepard Fairey created the Obey Manifesto more than 20 years ago and, since then, the image of the mythical wrestler André the Giant has been spread worldwi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art
Materials
Spray Paint
Shepard FaireyJust a Minor Threat (Hardcore, Punk Rock, Skateboarding, D.I.Y. Culture, Energy), 2023
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H 24 in W 18 in
Just a Minor Threat (Hardcore, Punk Rock, Skateboarding, D.I.Y. Culture, Energy)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Just a Minor Threat (Hardcore, Punk Rock, Skateboarding, D.I.Y.
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Alice Bag (Iconic, Melanie Nissen, Slash Magazine, Punk, LA)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Alice Bag Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 197...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Desmond Tutu (Iconic, South Africa, Nobel Price)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Desmond Tutu Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Green Power Factory (Earth Day, Renewable Energy)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Green Power Factory Letterpress on cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges Year: 2023 Size: 13x10 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Fragile Cargo
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Fragile Cargo Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Dark Wave
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Dark Wave Offset Lithograph on heavy, woven paper Year: 2017 Signed and dated by hand Size: 22.2 × 33.7 on 23.8 × 35.7 inches Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Geometric Dove - Red
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Geometric Dove - Red Offset Lithogrpah Year: 2021 Size: 24 x 24 inches Signed and dated by hand COA provided Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an Ameri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Kiss Me Deadly Red
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLUE TILE)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
"Make Art Not War", Framed Offset Poster, 2018
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Make Art Not War by Shepard Fairey Offset lithograph on paper Signed and dated by the artist lower right in pencil Image size: 36 in.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset, Archival Paper, Lithograph
Shepard FaireyGreen Power Factory (Red) (Iconic, Renewable Energy, Transition, Fossil Fuel), 2023
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H 24 in W 18 in
Green Power Factory (Red) (Iconic, Renewable Energy, Transition, Fossil Fuel)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Green Power Factory (Red) Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 350 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided Re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyGreen Power Factory (Blue) (Iconic, Renewable Energy, Transition, Fossil Fuel), 2023
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Green Power Factory (Blue) (Iconic, Renewable Energy, Transition, Fossil Fuel)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Green Power Factory (Blue) Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 350 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyDesert Today Ocean Tomorrow (Iconic, climate change, droughts, floods), 2022
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H 24 in W 18 in
Desert Today Ocean Tomorrow (Iconic, climate change, droughts, floods)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Desert Today Ocean Tomorrow Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 375 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyOcean Today Desert Tomorrow (Iconic, climate change, droughts, floods), 2022
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Ocean Today Desert Tomorrow (Iconic, climate change, droughts, floods)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Ocean Today Desert Tomorrow Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2022 Size: 24 x 18 inches Edition: 375 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
In Honor of Vincent Jen Chin
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey In Honor of Vincent Jen Chin Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2021 Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard Fairey (bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyNo More Bias (Tyre Nichols, Memphis, beating, racial bias, police brutality), 2022
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H 24 in W 36 in
No More Bias (Tyre Nichols, Memphis, beating, racial bias, police brutality)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey No More Bias Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2023 Size: 24 x 36 inches Edition: 600 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-15...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Shepard FaireyPaint it Black Letterpress (Rolling Stones, Oil Industry, Energy Policy), 2023
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H 16 in W 12 in
Paint it Black Letterpress (Rolling Stones, Oil Industry, Energy Policy)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Paint it Black Letterpress Letterpress on white cotton paper with hand-deckled edges Year: 2023 Size: 16 x 12 inches Signed, dated and numbered by hand Frank Shepard ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Dark Wave
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Dark Wave Offset Lithograph on heavy, woven paper Year: 2020-2021 Signed and dated by hand (dated either '20 or '21) Size: 22.2 × 33.7 on 23.8 × 35.7 inches COA provid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Make Art Not War
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Make Art Not War Offset lithograph on paper Year: 2020/2021 Signed and dated by hand Size: 33.7 × 22.2 on 35.7 × 23.8 inches COA provided Frank Shepard Fairey (born F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Just Future Rising
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Just Future Rising Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2021 Size: 18.0 x 24.0 inches Edition: 450 Signed, dated and numbered by hand COA provided Fran...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hendrix
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Miami, FL
Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples
GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLACK TILE)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLACK TILE)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
GEOMETRIC DOVE (BLACK TILE)
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
The artistic nickname "Obey Giant" came up in a trivial way when a friend asked Fairey to teach him to create templates, for what he used a newspaper clipping that featured the fight...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Enamel
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Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey’s practice disrupts the distinction between fine and commercial art.
A major artist of the street art movement, Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of prints, posters, stickers and murals, related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey’s iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power.
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Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
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