Obey (Shepard Fairey)

[ritedere]

Can't believe there's not a thread for him yet.

Anyway, not a huge fan personally, though I think he's one of the most important of the artists working today. Some of his images are fantastic.

Okay now the point of the thread. Who's going to Subliminal Projects in LA this Saturday to pick me up the Lotus prints that are being released? LA Residents only!

[rhinomilk]

can pick me one up too... i'll add $2 more than what ritedere offers (j/k.. but i do want the print)

[highbrow]

Not only a great artist but has surround himself with a great team of people. I say he has a great group of people around him as there is a special project or print int he works. I will keep you posted.

[StephenW]

My vote for Shepard's print of the year - LA Phil:

[highbrow]

I am going to vote on a Hepard print of the year but I am going to wait a little for my vote ( wink wink )

[marcusslo]

[StephenW]

This is hot...

[mattlock]

haha...did you whip this one up??

[StephenW]

Heh, no. Here's the blurb behind it:
www.supertouchart.com/2008/07/11/lapolitiksobama-announces-his-vp-shepard-fairey/

[highbrow]

Its Coming people, hopefully soon but Shepard fans be ready for something big well maybe not big in your world but big in mine

[sleepboy]

Jul 11, 2008 18:56:45 GMT -8 highbrow said:

Its Coming people, hopefully soon but Shepard fans be ready for something big well maybe not big in your world but big in mine

You gonna tell us?

[highbrow]

Patients people. As soon as I can i will I swear, and there may even be a give away contest as well. Soon my friends.

( I would tell you Hung but I cant have it all over your dam blog, LOL )

[highbrow]

Here is a sneak peek at Shepards new print Duality of a Human 2 over at EB sorry i do not know how to post pictures however I once the announcement is made on his site I am sure people will put two and two together. If not I will do it for you, lets just say we are very excited


www.expressobeans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=311294#311294

[sleepboy]

Here it is.



Is there something special about this print? It's actually quite nice.

[highbrow]

I personally think so , Guess we will have to wait to see

[oldfartatplay]

I'll say it must be from an A.R. photo (?).

[virtu]

How would one pick this piece up? has it already been released?
Not a big fan but really like this image, if I had one Fairey this would be the piece.

[oldfartatplay]

You would go here
obeygiant.com/store/home.php?cat=1
on the release date and watch and wait until the site crashes. Then go back on the new release date and struggle through the check out system. The easy way is to go to ebay the day they get shipped and buy one there. I know this sounds sarcastic but it's true. Fairey has a huge following both fans and print flippers. Go check ebay right now, there are at least 20 "Duality of Humanity 1" prints for sale.

[highbrow]

LOL,

very true, very sad but very true. I am thankful i do not have to f5 my way through this one,

[highbrow]

It was up than down but here is the jest of it.
obey x al rockoff

Shepard was recently presented with the opportunity to illustrate some incredible photographs taken by photojournalist Al Rockoff. The images that were drawn to Shepard fit exactly the current times and express same complex emotions many people felt concerning the Vietnam War and feel today with war in Iraq.

Al Rockoff’s photos reveal the brutality, but also the conflicted humanity seen in war. The risks Rockoff took to capture his images were often as great as the risks of the subjects he wished to document. I’m honored to be able to work with Al Rockoff.
- Shepard

We will be releasing a series of prints based on Rockoff’s images the first of which is entitled Duality of Humanity 2. This print will released this Saturday, 7/26, at a random time. We will not be announcing the release time.

Al Rockoff is an American photojournalist made famous by his coverage of the Vietnam War and of the Khmer Rouges’ takeover of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. He was also portrayed in the Academy Award winning film The Killing Fields, although he has never been happy with his portrayal.

Al Rockoff is a close family friend, some years ago when I saw his images for the first time I fell in love with the truth of them. Over the years he has asked me to help in certain aspects of small gallery showing or dealing with a select group of private collectors. As his book nears close he was looking for some exposure in the US area as he is well known for his work overseas. He asked me how we would accomplish this, someone on another board said go to Shepard. We did so and this is the first of some prints that will be released and we will make the photos of each print available in limited numbers as well.

thanks for all the support and we are excited about this.

Side bar with the amount of emails at some point we are going to have to find a real rep. for him how does one go about doing so?

[sleepboy]

wow, what a great idea. his photos x shepard's work match perfectly. great job on hooking them up. good luck with everything!

[highbrow]

Thanks Hung, yes it has been a long road but it is really going good.

[marcusslo]

obey taking so long... zZzZz

[highbrow]

Seems everyone is having problems, but marcus if it helps Originally it was suppose to 350 not 450 so there is some extra hope

[marcusslo]

yay i just got one! are they going to sell the original picture too? would look cool together

hey how do you know the run on this?