Mayday: The Art of Shepard Faire-20th Anniversary Edition
by Jeffery Deitch, Shepard Fairey, Antonino D’Ambrosio
-illustrations and text to showcase Fairey’s entire body of work, massive retrospective covering 20 colorful years
-includes Political and social views from Shepard
-Street art- United States
Not Just For Laughs: The Art of Subversion
by Glen Baxter, Robert Colescott, Steven Cortright, Steve Gianakos, Louis Grenier, Jeff, …
Copyright New Museum
-examines the characteristic and motivations of humor in art
-essay includes artists’ statements
Shepard Fairey: obey
by Shepard Fairey
-has extensive writeup on Sheppard Fiarey, his work, music and influence
-art and photos (of his posters pasted all over cities in different countries)
-iconic posters
-textural feel from collages
Shepard Fairey’s goal was to make art by any means necessary. “To some people street art is vandalism, to others it’s gentrification, and either of those could be considered more legit than the other depending on your perspective,” says Fairey. Fairey’s best known art piece, “Hope” poster, is an experiment of an era of promise beginning with the United States’ election of its first black president. Fairey said he has “come to realize that the problems are not dependent on the actions of one person” but are largely symptoms of a broken system where corporations and oligarchs corrupt democracy. I personally respect his idea of expressing his principles and perspectives in to his art. I want to experience putting my voice in to my work just like Fairey did.
prototypes inspired by Shepard Fairey
I wanted to make a logo that would make an impact on the world like Shepard Fairey’s works did. The Obey campaign, an experiment of Fairey’s, was made to reawaken a sense of wonder about one’s environment. I was inspired by his works and wished my work to attempt to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question what it really means in deeper understanding. I can use those prototypes on my t-shirt or hat and it would not take a huge amount of time.
