OBEY Shephard Fairey född 1971

OBEY Shepard Fairey född 1971. "Top-Elite Faschions For Sale", litografitryck 448/500, daterad 2012, sign. Shepard Fairey, 61 x 45 cm. OBEY Shephard Fairey born 1970 USA. Is an American contempory graphic designer and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his ?Andre the Giant Has a Posse? (?OBEY?) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama ?Hope? poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Fairey's first art museum exhibition, titled