SHEPARD FAIREY / OBEY 'Japanese Pattern 2 - BLACK' 2009 SIGNED #31/75 Print NEW!

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SHEPARD FAIREY (aka Obey) (b. 1970, SC),' Japanese Pattern 2 - Black ', 2009SIGNED Limited Edition Silkscreen PrintScreenprint on cream colored paper. SIGNED and dated ' 09 ' (lr) by artist and numbered ' 31/75 ' (ll) in pencil on recto under image. Dimensions: 18" x 18" sheet. Edition size: 75. Excellent condition (never framed or displayed). Shepard Fairey's work and practice disrupts the distinction between fine and commercial art. He has become widely known since the 2008 US presidential election for his Barack Obama " Hope " and Inauguration poster that hangs at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990's, through the dispersion of posters and stickers that were labeled as " Andre the Giant has a Posse " which would later relate to his Obey Giant Campaign. Today the work is now regarded as an international phenomenon, having changed the language between art and the urban landscape.Fairey sits on the advisory board of ' Reaching to Embrace the Arts ', a nonprofit organization that provides art supplies to priority schools; and in 2007, he joined the board of the ' Music Is Revolution Foundation ', a nonprofit organization that supports music education for public schools and for which he created a logo. In 2014, Fairey painted a towering mural paying tribute to Nelson Mandela and the 25th anniversary of the Purple Rain Protest in Johannesburg, overlooking the Nelson Mandela Bridge. He has always been open about controversial social and political topics, and often creates or donates artwork in order to promote awareness for various social issues.Fairey's works have been exhibited in numerous public and private institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Smithsonian Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art.SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS : 2019' Shepard Fairey: Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent ', Galerie Itinerrance, Paris, France 2017' Shepard Fairey: DAMAGED ', 1650 Naud St. (Liberty Street Collective), Los Angeles, CA' Shepard Fairey: Printed Matters ', Treason Gallery, Seattle, WA' Shepard Fairey: Printed Matters Sydney ', aMBUSH Gallery and T-World Pop-Up Gallery at The Old Rum Store, Chippendale, Australia' Shepard Fairey: Peace & Justice ', Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea' Shepard Fairey: Work Against the Clampdown ', Art Museum of West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV 2016' Shepard Fairey: Visual Disobedience ', HOCA Foundation, Hong Kong' Shepard Fairey: Earth Crisis ', Galerie Itinerrance, Paris, France 2015' Shepard Fairey: Earth Crisis Globe Installation ', Eiffel Tower, Paris, France' Shepard Fairey: On Our Hands ', Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY' Shepard Fairey: Your Eyes Here ', Centro de Arte Contemporáneo (CAC) Málaga, Málaga, Spain' Shepard Fairey: Printed Matters & Public Matter Show ', Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI2014' Shepard Fairey ', Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC' Shepard Fairey: 50 Shades of Black ', Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2012' Printed Matters: Edition Works by Shepard Fairey ', The Public Trust, Dallas, TX' Shepard Fairey: Americana ', Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA' ART & TOYS -- Collection Selim Varol ' (group exhibition), me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin, Germany' Shepard Fairey: Harmony & Discord ', Pace Prints, New York, NY' Art in the Streets ' (group exhibition), Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY 2011' Shepard Fairey: Your Ad Here ', V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark' Art in the Streets ' (group exhibition), Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, CA' Revolutions: The Album Cover Art of Shepard Fairey ', Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA' The Big Picture: Mark Mothersbaugh + Shepard Fairey ', Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, C... read more

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