By Shepard Fairey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey
Obey Billboard (Consume)
Screen print on thick Cream Speckletone Paper
Year: 2008
Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Edition: 400
Signed by Shepard Fairey, dated and numbered by hand
COA provided
*Edition number may vary from the image shown.
Shepard Fairey (American, b. 1970)
Obey Billboard (Consume) is Shepard Fairey's most direct provocation — a single imperative word deployed with full awareness of its absurdity. By framing the command to consume within the context of fine art, Fairey collapses the distance between advertising and culture, inviting the viewer to sit with the irony of purchasing a print that critiques the act of purchasing. The work is sincere in its critique and self-aware in its contradictions, making it one of the more intellectually generous objects in Fairey's practice.
Shepard Fairey (b. 1970) rose from the underground to international prominence through his "OBEY" campaign and his iconic 2008 "Hope" portrait. A printmaker, muralist, and activist, his work consistently exposes the mechanics of influence, consumerism, and power. Held in major public collections worldwide, including the Smithsonian and MoMA, Fairey remains one of the defining voices of contemporary street art.
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Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Shepard Fairey Landscape Prints