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« Reply #315 on Nov 2, 2010, 10:24pm » | |
Just a heads up if anyone's interested. Taken from his site.
POW(ER) Print
Here is a brief explanation of the POW(ER) print. I was asked by my longtime friends at PAPER magazine to guest edit their art issue. I gladly accepted, and the issue should be out later in Nov. In the issue my friend and PAPER editor Carlo McCormick, who wrote an essay for my book “Supply And Demand”, wrote a fantastic essay about the evolution of visual culture from Pop Art to street art, and the impact of the internet and media saturation. To illustrate Carlo’s essay I created the POW(ER) image. The image is an homage to influential Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein, who appropriated and re-painted comic frames often transforming them in meaning and context. I have often described my art as a fusion of Pop Art, street art, and political art. I utilize the platform created by Pop Art, but I try to take my work even more directly to the people. Like Pop artists before me, I utilize a vocabulary of familiar cultural visual references. In fact, after I conceived of the POW(ER) image and did some further research on Lichtenstein, I discovered an image he had made of a woman holding a can of spray paint or hairspray. The image looked familiar to me, because a few years ago I re-illustrated the same piece of clip art that Lichtenstein referenced for his spray paint/hair spray painting. The connection was was too serendipitous to ignore and I proceeded to create the POW(ER) image. For me, street art has always been about populism and emPOWERment. The recent embrace of street art in the art world as a legitimate genre demonstrates the power of accessible, relatable imagery, and in many ways builds upon the triumphs of Pop Art. Check out the PAPER issue when it comes out to read Carlo’s excellent essay.
-Shepard
18 x 24″ Screen Print Signed and Numbered Edition of 450. $45. Limit 1 per person/household.
Release Date: 11/04/2010 at a random time
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« Reply #316 on Nov 5, 2010, 4:55pm » | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwB8eODuv0g
This link goes to:
" Shepard Fairey, " OBEY " Street Artist and Designer "
Duration: 8 min. 6 seconds.
Added to YouTube on Feb. 22, 2009 by srfup.
NOTE:
This video revealed a lot about Shepard Fairey....so, I enjoyed watching every minute !!
I RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS VIDEO:
evilchoy posted the link back on page 10 [ Reply #137 ]
.............and it's very interesting to watch.
We all need to thank evilchoy !!
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« Reply #318 on Nov 7, 2010, 12:49pm » | |
Posted up some images from the Glen E. Friedman show that Shep was a guest artist in thanks to Rhinomilk. More pics here.
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« Reply #319 on Nov 16, 2010, 10:26am » | |
Milan manhole covers=1 cool city
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« Reply #320 on Nov 16, 2010, 11:38am » | |
They have done Space Invader, TLP and a few others too
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« Reply #321 on Nov 16, 2010, 11:45am » | |
Nov 16, 2010, 11:38am, shine166 wrote:| They have done Space Invader, TLP and a few others too |
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Which makes the list of my top cities to visit some day.
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« Reply #323 on Dec 1, 2010, 12:02pm » | |
Another wall for Basel.
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« Reply #326 on Dec 10, 2010, 4:15am » | |
Message for: jordanm91....(your Reply #324).
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When I answered your question over at__answers.yahoo.com
by providing the link to this thread I thought you might join this website.
Sure enough, I see you here !! Hope you enjoy being a member and make
lots of friends. This site is one of the most interesting and content-rich on
the entire web !!
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