
Shepard Fairey
Obey Giant 1, 2012
Shepard Fairey designed his first sticker campaign, “André the Giant has a Posse,” while he was …

Artist: Shepard Fairey, American (1970 - )
Title: Obey Giant I
Year: 2012
Medium: Offset Lithograph, …

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.

Shepard Fairey designed his first sticker campaign, “André the Giant has a Posse,” while he was still a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. The sticker featured the late professional French wrestler alongside his legendary height and weight—7 feet, four inches and 520 pounds. After Fairey and his …

Artist: Shepard Fairey, American (1970 - )
Title: Obey Giant I
Year: 2012
Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in pencil
Size: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

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.