
Shepard Fairey
Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition (1989-2009), 2018

Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition expands upon the previous
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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.


Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition expands upon the previous
version of this book and adds 100 new pages of illustrations and text to showcase Fairey's entire body
of work, a massive retrospective covering 20 colorful years. 446 pages, 780 color illustrations, English.

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.