
Shepard Fairey
'John & Yoko Canvas', 2010

'John & Yoko Canvas' by Shepard Fairey, 2010
18 x 24 Inches
Screen print on cream, …

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.


'John & Yoko Canvas' by Shepard Fairey, 2010
18 x 24 Inches
Screen print on cream, Speckletone fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 450 (#421/450)
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.
ARTIST BIO
Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who …

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.