Shepard Fairey Portrait Prints

Shepard Fairey "Raise the Level" Silkscreen Print Contemporary Art Materials: Screen Print On Fine Art Print Size: 24 × 36 in 61 × 91.4 cm Condition: Print is in pristine condition with four sharp corners and has been stored flat since purchase in Los Angeles. Signature: Hand-signed by artist, Signed and Numbered in Pencil by the Artist, Shepard Fairey. Edition 549/550 Publisher: Obey Giant Studio...

This letterpress set in collaboration with photographer Dennis Morris commemorates the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s passing. The series represents the amazing breadth of Marley’s...

The Mojo poster was part of VIP ticket packages for the tour. Artists: Shepard Fairey Bands: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Edition Details Year: 2010 Class: Fine Art Print Status: Official Tour Print Run: 175/250 Paper: Holographic Fine Art Foil Paper Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Numbered by the artist in black felt marker. Print measures 18X24 and is in perfect condition with no visible flaws. Any questions please let us know. Thank you Frank Shepard Fairey was born February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Fairey's adolescence was shaped by the influences of punk-rock and skateboarding. In his teens, he began creating his own bootlegged clothing and skateboard decals featuring bands and brands he liked. Fairey’s early bootlegs were created because his generally conservative parents would not purchase the clothing he wanted. In 1986, he stumbled upon the Andre the Giant image for which he has become famous for, in a local newspaper. The image was selected when Fairey demonstrated to a friend how to make a stencil; it was modified slightly to include the meaningless caption “Andre the Giant has a Posse” and made into a sticker. The sticker was reproduced en masse and began to appear around Charleston as it spread through the skateboarding community. While the sticker had no inherent meaning, the public response varied from disregard to curiosity to out-right fear. Civic groups editorialized and theorized that the Andre image was affiliated with everything from a band to a hate group. Nevertheless, the stickers were considered vandalism and in time, Fairey would face numerous charges for defacing public property. Fairey's record includes 15 arrests as of March 2009, for defacing property as a result of his so called bombing campaigns. Fairey affixed the stickers on municipal properties nearly everywhere he went, and the Andre sticker was being seen in Boston and New York City, soon others procured the image and were encouraged to spread the campaign worldwide in the form of stickers, stencils and wheat-paste posters. Following high school, Fairey was accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where, with an interest in screen printing, he majored in illustration. In 1992, while still attending RISD, Fairey started Alternate Graphics, a mail order catalog business through which he could merchandise his own t-shirts, skateboards, posters and stickers. He also took small commercial illustration jobs to help supplement his income. Shortly thereafter, the Andre the Giant Has a Posse logo was shortened simply to Obey Giant. The Obey, for which Fairey has also become synonymous, is derived from the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live. In the film, aliens who appear as human, rule the governments and economies of the world while the humans are reduced to an unwitting, hypnotized slave-class. Themes from the film continue to appear in Fairey’s work. Over time, the Andre the Giant face was modified into a more simplified and streamlined appearance, reminiscent of Russian Constructivist/Rodchenko style Soviet propaganda posters of the 20th Century. In 1994, filmmaker Helen Stickler featured Fairey and his sticker phenomenon in her documentary: Andre the Giant has a Posse. The following year, Fairey started Subliminal Projects with the late Blaize Blouin, his friend and pro-skateboarder. Subliminal Projects created and released several Obey-Giant themed posters and skateboard decks. Fairey directed a short skateboarding film featuring some of his friends through Subliminal Projects and Alternate Graphics titled A.D.D.(Attention Deficit Disorder). In 1996, Fairey moved to San Diego, California to create Giant Distribution with partner Andy Howell. Later, with Howell, Phillip De Wolff, Dave Kinsey, he formed First Bureau of Imagery (FBI), a branding, marketing and design firm established to focus on the increasingly lucrative sports market. FBI was closed in 1999 and Fairey, along with De Wolff and Kinsey created BLK/MRKT, similar to FBI. At this time, Fairey met and began working with Amanda Alaya, whom he would later marry. BLK/MRKT moved to Los Angeles in 2001. Here, they could expand and were able to incorporate a small gallery. Fairey and Kinsey eventually bought out De Wolff’s share of the partnership and by then had set up offices in the Pellissier Building (home of the historic Wiltern Theater), in the Koreatown section of Downtown Los Angeles. In December 2001, Fairey and Alaya were married in Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda has occasionally been the model for Fairey's prints (see: Commanda, 2007). Additionally, Amanda Fairey works in the capacity as publicist, agent and representative of her husband. In 2003, Kinsey and Fairey split. Kinsey retained the BLK/MRKT name and gallery, which he relocated to Culver City, California. Fairey retained the offices and most of the employees to create Studio Number One and the gallery was renamed Subliminal Projects. Studio No. 1 has since gone on to produce numerous memorable album covers, concert and film posters. In 2004, Fairey created the magazine Swindle with his old friend Roger Gastman. Swindle is a quarterly publication that features fashion, art, music and other pop-culture elements. During the 2004 presidential election, Fairey teamed up with artists Mear One...

"Inspired by Art Deco design and Dark Wave album art. The image has a few avenues for interpretation. I primarily see it as a tribute to idealists who protect the environment, cultiv...

"Inspired by Art Deco design and Dark Wave album art. The image has a few avenues for interpretation. I primarily see it as a tribute to idealists who protect the environment, cultiv...

Hand Signed & Numbered by the artist himself Shepard Fairey, in pencil dated 2016. Benefit Silkscreen Print from 2016. YEAR: 2016 CLASSIFICATION: Limited edition MEDIUM TYPE: Fine ...

Original Illustration based on photograph by Kevin Cummins. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Kevin Cummins. A portion of the proceeds went to CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). "...

Joan Jett is one of the most prolific, bad-ass women in music. I was honored when Joan asked me to recreate the cover of her 1981 album "I Love Rock & Roll" for its 33 1/3 Anniversar...

Fairey's 25-year career started in 1989 with his sticker campaign. In addition to his guerrilla street-art presence, the artist has executed more than 50 large-scale painted public murals around the world as of 2015. His works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and many others. Last September, Fairey opened his first painting show in New York since 2010 at the Jacob Lewis Gallery. The exhibition, entitled "On Our Hands," was the gallery's inaugural exhibition of the artist's work as his representing gallery in New York. The show coincided with the artist's most recent monograph release, Covert to Overt (Rizzoli). Debuting this summer, American Civics is the first-ever collaboration between Fairey and the estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall. Fairey interprets Marshall's iconic photography...

"Fan the Flames is about the unfortunate truth that unchecked capitalism and a livable planet will soon be incompatible. Capitalism is predicated on exp...

Bias by Numbers (2017) Shepard Fairey’s Bias by Numbers powerfully visualizes systemic inequities embedded within policing, criminal justice, and media narratives. The print present...

The Ideal Power print was inspired by the need to address gender inequality regarding both wages and basic respect. I believe power should come from the quality and merit of one’s wo...

Image Artists Fairey, Shepard More info Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition Details Year: 2022 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 01/27/22 Run: 400 Technique: Screen Print Pape...

Hand-deckled edges. "Aims to promote peace, equality, and humanity. I’d like to see a fundamental assumption that ALL people deserve respect and human dignity. This applies to the u...

Condition: Print has been stored flat since purchase. Print has four sharp corners. Signature Hand-signed by artist, Print is signed and numbered in pencil by the Artist, Shepard Fa...

Manufacturer: Obey Giant Edition Details: Year: 2023 Class: Art Print Status: Official Run: 68/550 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Fine Art Thick Cream Speckletone Size: 36 X 24 Mark...

I’m honored to have created my third cover for Time magazine, especially since this issue focuses on the civic duty of voting. The art I created for the Time cover addresses the very...

5 color screen print on cream 100% cotton archival paper with hand-deckled edges The Paper, provided by Legion Paper, is custom 100% cotton Coventry Rag paper which uses salvaged material to create a more eco-friendly product, reusing what would typically be considered waste. The color and features of this fine art paper were created specifically for these large format prints. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity Publisher: Obey Giant LARGE FORMAT SERIES ONLY 75 ever produced with most going to friends and family. One of our rarest prints by Shepard Fairey here at the gallery! Thank you for stopping by and if you have any questions at all don't hesitate to ask. Print is in pristine condition and has been stored flat since purchase in our temperature controlled flat file Vault. This is a very large print...

A print by Shepard Fairey. “Aung San Suu Kyi” is a contemporary, popular culture offset print on paper in black, red, and white by American street artist Shepard Fairey. The artwork ...

4 color screen print. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman and Keith Morris. As a founding member of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, songwriter and vocalist Keith Morris was at t...

Burn Baby Burn, inspired by the aesthetics of “live fast – die young” rock ’n’ roll, is a critique of some harmful habits we are addicted to. Not just the harmful effects of burning ...

IMAGE RIGHTS N/A PROVENANCE We are the original owners of these works and were acquired directly from the artitst. ADDITIONAL INFO "I’ve long believed that protests in the streets ar...

"Marley was sometimes fiery, sometimes joyful, sometimes contemplative, but always visionary and poetic. I love this intimate, thoughtful moment Dennis captured and I’m honored to tr...

Edition Details: Year: 2021 Class: Diptych Run: 171/450 Technique: Screen Print Paper: Speckletone Size: 24 X 33 Markings: Signed & Numbered in pencil by both Artists. Shepard Fair...

Shepard Fairey Obey Giant John Densmore: The Seekers The Doors Street Art Contemporary , 2020 Silkscreen On Creme Fine Art Speckletone Paper 36 × 24 in 91....

Shepard Fairey Basquiat Screen Print 2010: Medium: Screen-print in colors. Dimensions: 18x 24 inches. Excellent condition with the exception of perhaps some minor signs of handling. Hand-signed and dated 2010 by Fairey in pencil on the lower right margin (AP printed aside the main edition of 450). Provenance: acquired from Submarine Films by way of Fairey (Submarine was the distributor of the 2009 Basquiat documentary "Radiant Child" which features this image). About Shepard Fairey: Shepard Fairey (American, b. 1970) is a contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene of Southern California. He first became known for his “André the Giant Has a Posse” sticker Campaign, in which he appropriated images from the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election with respect to his controversial Barack Obama...