To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Obey Giant campaign, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens the first museum survey of Shepard Fairey, the influential street artist who created the now iconic Obama poster.
Stickers and posters of the artist’s work have appeared on street signs and buildings around the world as part of a guerrilla art campaign of global scale.
Featuring over 80 works, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand traces the artist’s career over 20 years, from the Obey Giant stencil to screen prints of political revolutionaries and rock stars to recent mixed-media works and a new mural commissioned for the ICA show.
In complement to the exhibition, Fairey will be creating public art works at sites around Boston.
On view at the ICA from Feb. 6 to Aug. 16, 2009.
View the artists section of the No Walls site for some classic Shepard Fairey prints including Peace Girl, War by Numbers (both Red and Gold), Obey With Caution and Greetings From Iraq. |