Shepard Fairey - Obey

The visual codes used by Shepard Fairey, aka Obey Giant, are worthy of those of Stalinist propaganda, but here they highlight the mechanisms of advertising propaganda which invade public space. Currently based in Los Angeles, Fairey's rising success has helped transform his once homemade Xerox style into lush multi-colored screen prints.


events :
oct 2008 :
show with d-face at the gallery
july 2008
stolen space, London, UK

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