
Shepard Fairey
Gas Lamp Killer CD, 2018

In it's fifth mixtape installment, OBEY Records presents The Gaslamp Killer exclusive CD …

Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey’s 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. Fairey’s 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 artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture, and political power.


In it's fifth mixtape installment, OBEY Records presents The Gaslamp Killer exclusive CD mixtape.
The Gaslamp Killer (William Bensussen), Los Angeles based DJ/Producer, Low End Theorist, and
Dublab Radio resident, is not your conventional artist. What separates him from the rest of the herd is
his extensive knowledge …

Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey’s 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. Fairey’s 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 artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture, and political power.