
Shepard Fairey
Obey Giant Collage (Top), 2018

Shepard Fairey (b.1970, American) "Obey Giant" Collage (Top) is an 18 x 24 inch offset …

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 (b.1970, American) "Obey Giant" Collage (Top) is an 18 x 24 inch offset lithograph printed in colors on cream speckle tone paper with full margins by the renowned street artist. This work of art (also known as "Obey III - Face Collage) is one component of a triptych, depicting a part of …

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.