SHEPARD FAIREY - SHADOWPLAY

SHEPARD FAIREY - SHADOWPLAY Artist: Shepard Fairey Title: Shadowplay 24 x 36 inches Offset on thick cream Speckletone paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey. Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Faireys practice disrupts the distinction between fine and commercial art. A major artist of the street art movement, Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of posters, stickers, and murals, related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Faireys iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artists work, including propaganda, portraiture, and political power.