A groundbreaking figure in contemporary art, American artist and activist Shepard Fairey is best known for ... globally for his influence and bold style, to which he recently added the “Forward ...
The medium was first used by Pop icon Andy Warhol to transform screens of pedestrian items like shoes into priceless objets d’art—a typically Warholian wink at the art establishment. Fairey ...
The former chief curator for the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona has sued the City of Mesa, claiming that it violated her right to free speech when it chose to postpone an exhibition that ...
Shepard Fairey had 15,000 people come to his art exhibition opening night, which is unheard of. He also did it in this crazy warehouse in Chinatown near Downtown Los Angeles in a space that nobody ...
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind Barack Obama's iconic "Hope" poster, revealed a new print Thursday for Vice President ...
Art is a mirror to society. Artists and illustrators hold up their view of the election results. Art has long been seen as a ...
Last week, a new mural by the artist Shepard Fairey appeared on the streets of Durham, North Carolina. The large-scale wheatpaste of Vice President Kamala Harris, rendered in Fairey’s familiar ...
In this way, these installations differ from standard street art pieces, which generally come in the form of damaging spray paint. In 2009, the university commissioned Shepard Fairey to install a ...
Shepard Fairey, the street artist best known for his red and blue "Hope" poster of former President Barack Obama, has a long history with Dallas as the spot where he began a career as a street artist.
There can only be one answer: Street artist Shepard Fairey’s image of Barack Obama, emblazoned with the word HOPE and distributed so widely in 2008—the presidential campaign sold more than 50, ...