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'{{short description|American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox artist | name = Shepard Fairey | image = Shepard-fairey-2011-westhollywood.jpg | image_size = | caption = Fairey at the installation of THE BLACK HILLS 420 ARE NOT FOR SALE in [[Los Angeles]] | birth_name = Frank Shepard Fairey | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|2|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | spouse = Amanda Fairey | known_for = [[Public art]], [[Stenciling]] | training = [[Rhode Island School of Design]] | movement = | notable_works = [[Andre the Giant Has a Posse]]<br />Obey Giant<br />[[Barack Obama "Hope" poster|Hope]]<br />[[Rock the Vote]]<br />[[OBEY (clothing)|OBEY Clothing]] <br />[[Degenerate/Regenerate(NFT)]] | patrons = | awards = [[Brit Insurance Design Awards]] Design of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/19/shepard-fairey-wins-design-of-the-year/|title=Shepard Fairey wins Design of the Year|work=Dezeen Magazine|access-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> <br /> AS220 Free Culture Award<ref>{{cite web|title=AS220 Free Culture Award 2010|url=http://www.as220.org/free-culture/free-culture-2010/}}</ref> }} '''Frank Shepard Fairey''' (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary [[artist]], [[activist]] and founder of [[OBEY (clothing)|OBEY Clothing]] who emerged from the [[skateboarding]] scene.<ref><!-- cite book --> Zittoun, Tania, ''Transitions: Symbolic Resources in Development'', IAP, 2006, p168. {{ISBN|1-59311-226-2}}</ref> In 1989 he designed the "[[Andre the Giant Has a Posse]]" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/800176/shepard-faireys-risd-origin-myth-gets-retold-in-the-new-drama-obey-the-giant|title=Shepard Fairey's RISD Origin Myth Gets Retold in the New Drama "Obey the Giant" &#124; BLOUIN ARTINFO|website=www.blouinartinfo.com}}</ref> Fairey designed the [[Barack Obama "Hope" poster]] for the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. presidential election]] . The [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston]] has described him as one of the best known and most influential [[street art]]ists.<ref>[http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/ Upcoming Exhibitions, SHEPARD FAIREY, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905054741/http://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/ |date=September 5, 2015 }} <!-- date? try the internet archive maybe --></ref> His work is included in the collections at The [[Smithsonian]], the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]], the [[Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego]], the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C., the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]] in Richmond, and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London.<ref>[http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/jan/17/local-womans-grandson-behind-obama-hope-poster/?partner=RSS "Local woman’s grandson behind the Obama “Hope” poster "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213935/http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/jan/17/local-womans-grandson-behind-obama-hope-poster/?partner=RSS |date=October 29, 2013 }}, Independent, South Carolina</ref><ref name="icaboston.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/shepard-fairey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726164840/http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/shepard-fairey/|url-status=dead|title=Icaboston.org|archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> His style has been described as a "bold iconic style that is based on styling and idealizing images."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obama Hope Poster — Shepard Fairey (2008)|url=https://medium.com/fgd1-the-archive/obama-hope-poster-by-shepard-fairey-1307a8b6c7be|last=Scott|first=Mac|date=October 15, 2017|website=Medium}}</ref> ==Early life== Shepard Fairey was born and raised in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. His father, Strait Fairey, is a doctor, and his mother, Charlotte, a [[realtor]].<ref name="PC082210">Dottie Ashley, [Artist still challenges the status quo], ''The Post and Courier'', August 22, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2010.</ref> He attended [[Porter Gaud High School]] in Charleston, South Carolina, and transferred to high school at [[Idyllwild Arts Academy]] in [[Idyllwild, California]], from which he graduated in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Charleston City Paper|url = http://www.obeygiant.com/articles/charleston-city-paper|website = Obey Giant|access-date = June 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wesson|first=Gail|title=Idyllwild: Artist Shepard Fairey shares inspiration behind work|url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/hemet/hemet-headlines-index/20120211-idyllwild-artist-shepard-fairey-shares-inspiration-behind-work.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214025111/http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/hemet/hemet-headlines-index/20120211-idyllwild-artist-shepard-fairey-shares-inspiration-behind-work.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2012|publisher=The Press Enterprise|access-date=February 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Shepard_Fairey |title=Shepard Fairey - The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site |publisher=The Giant |access-date=September 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idyllwildarts.org/obey-giant-trailer-idyllwild-arts-alum-shepard-fairey/|title="Obey Giant" Trailer - Idyllwild Arts Alum, Shepard Fairey - Idyllwild Arts|website=www.idyllwildarts.org}}</ref> Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts.<ref name="coloradodaily1">{{cite web|first=John |last=Rogers |url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/jan/15/obama-hope-poster/ |title=Hope: Street arftist Shepard Fairey's star rises |publisher=ColoradoDaily.com |location=Boulder, CO |date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214223747/http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/jan/15/obama-hope-poster/ |archive-date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=William |last=Booth |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html |title=Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement |work=The Washington Post |date=May 18, 2008 |pages=M01 |location=Los Angeles|access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> He moved to Rhode Island in 1988 to attend the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/shepard-fairey-quick-facts-183349|title=Shepard Fairey, the Controversial Street Artist|last=Esaak|first=Shelley|website=ThoughtCo|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> In 1992, he earned a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in [[Illustration]] from the RISD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://our.risd.edu/2008/12/18/icon-maker-shepard-fairey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227095613/http://our.risd.edu/2008/12/18/icon-maker-shepard-fairey/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2008 |title=ICON MAKER SHEPARD FAIREY |publisher=Rhode Island School of Design |access-date=February 8, 2009 }}</ref> == Career == ===Obey Giant sticker === Fairey created the "[[André the Giant Has a Posse]]" sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).<ref name=":0" /><ref>Steven Heller, Véronique Vienne, ''Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility'', Allworth Communications Inc., 2003, p223. {{ISBN|1-58115-265-5}}</ref> This later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign, which has grown via an international network of collaborators replicating Fairey's original designs.<ref>Ian Noble, ''Picture Perfect: Fusions of Illustration & Design'', Rotovision, 2003, pp 128–129. {{ISBN|2-88046-754-3}}</ref> Fairey intended the Obey Giant to inspire curiosity and cause people to question their relationship with their surroundings. According to the Obey Giant website, "The sticker has no meaning but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker". The website also says, by contrast, that those who are familiar with the sticker find humor and enjoyment from it and that those who try to analyze its meaning only burden themselves and may condemn the art as an act of vandalism from an evil, underground cult. Originally intending the sticker campaign to gain fame among his classmates and college peers, Fairey says: <blockquote>At first I was only thinking about the response from my clique of art school and skateboard friends. The fact that a larger segment of the public would not only notice, but investigate, the unexplained appearance of the stickers was something I had not contemplated. When I started to see reactions and consider the sociological forces at work surrounding the use of public space and the insertion of a very eye-catching but ambiguous image, I began to think there was the potential to create a phenomenon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/interview-with-shepard-fairey-still-obeying-after-all-these-year|title=Interview with Shepard Fairey: Still Obeying After all These Years|author=Steven Heller}}</ref></blockquote> In a [[manifesto]] he wrote in 1990-1991, and since posted on his website, he links his work with [[Heidegger]]'s concept of [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenology]].<ref>Steven Heller, Véronique Vienne, ''Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility'', Allworth Communications Inc., 2003, p224. {{ISBN|1-58115-265-5}}</ref> His "Obey" Campaign is from the [[John Carpenter]] movie ''[[They Live]]'' which starred pro wrestler [[Roddy Piper]], taking a number of its slogans, including the "Obey" slogan, as well as the "This is Your God" slogan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/28602/street-cred|title=Street Cred - Artinfo}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Fairey has spun off the OBEY clothing line from the original sticker campaign.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} He also uses the slogan "[[The Medium is the Message]]" borrowed from [[Marshall McLuhan]]. Shepard Fairey has stated in an interview that part of his work is inspired by other street artists. ===Post-graduation=== After graduation, he founded a small printing business in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], Rhode Island, called Alternate Graphics, specializing in T-shirt and sticker silkscreens, which afforded Fairey the ability to continue pursuing his own artwork.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Shepard_Fairey/|title=Shepard Fairey|publisher=thegiant.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123100438/http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Shepard_Fairey|archive-date=January 23, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://miamibiennale.org/miami_biennale_shepard_fairey.html|title=Artist Biographies|publisher=miamibiennale.org}}</ref> While residing in Providence in 1994, Fairey met American filmmaker [[Helen Stickler]], who had also attended RISD and graduated with a film degree. The following spring, Stickler completed a short documentary film about Shepard and his work, titled "[[Andre the Giant has a Posse]]". The film premiered in the 1995 [[New York Underground Film Festival]], and went on to play at the 1997 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. It has been seen in more than 70 festivals and museums internationally. [[File:Mozilla dinosaur head logo.png|left|thumb|Mozilla's former logo, as designed by Shepard Fairey in 1998]] Fairey was a founding partner, along with [[Dave Kinsey]] and Phillip DeWolff, of the design studio BLK/MRKT Inc. from 1997 to 2003, which specialised in [[guerrilla marketing]], and "the development of high-impact marketing campaigns".<ref name="Heller225">Steven Heller, Véronique Vienne, ''Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility'', Allworth Communications Inc., 2003, p225. {{ISBN|1-58115-265-5}}</ref> Clients included [[Pepsi]], [[Hasbro]] and [[Netscape]]<ref name="Heller225" /> (for whom Fairey designed the red dinosaur version of [[Mozilla Foundation|mozilla.org]]'s logo and [[Mozilla (mascot)|mascot]]). In 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency with his wife Amanda Fairey.<ref name="studio">{{cite web|url=http://www.studionumber-one.com/support1/about.html|title=Studionumber-one.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223120518/http://studionumber-one.com/support1/about.html|archive-date=February 23, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The agency produced the cover work for [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' album ''[[Monkey Business (The Black Eyed Peas album)|Monkey Business]]'' and the poster for the film ''[[Walk the Line]]''.<ref name="studio" /> Fairey has also designed the covers for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' album ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://obeygiant.com/post/the-smashing-pumpkins-team-with-shepard-fairey-for-%E2%80%98zeitgeist%E2%80%99-cover/ |title=THE SMASHING PUMPKINS TEAM WITH SHEPARD FAIREY FOR 'ZEITGEIST' COVER |publisher=Obey Giant |date=May 23, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209141017/http://obeygiant.com/post/the-smashing-pumpkins-team-with-shepard-fairey-for-%E2%80%98zeitgeist%E2%80%99-cover |archive-date=February 9, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Flogging Molly]]'s CD/DVD ''[[Whiskey on a Sunday (album)|Whiskey on a Sunday]]'', [[Led Zeppelin]]'s compilation ''[[Mothership (Led Zeppelin album)|Mothership]]'' and movie [[Celebration Day (film)|''Celebration Day'']], and [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]'s ''[[The Greater Of Two Evils]]''. Along with [[Banksy]], Dmote, and others Fairey created work at a warehouse exhibition in Alexandria, Sydney, for ''Semi-Permanent''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://SemiPermanent.com|title=Semi Permanent|website=Semi Permanent}}</ref> in 2003. Approximately 1,500 people attended. In 2004, Fairey joined artists [[Robbie Conal]] and [[Mear One]] to create a series of "[[anti-war]], anti-[[George W. Bush|Bush]]" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective "Post Gen". "Be the Revolution" kicked off with a night of performances featuring [[Z-Trip]], [[Ozomatli]] and [[David J]] at the Avalon in Hollywood. Fairey also co-founded ''[[Swindle Magazine]]'' along with Roger Gastman. [[File:obeyshepard2.jpg|thumb|left|Fairey, in 2005, "wallpapering Hawaiian-themed variations of his art on the rink's vertical surfaces",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/16/il/FP511160302.html|title=Medium as message - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper|website=the.honoluluadvertiser.com}}</ref> at the [[Makiki]], [[Honolulu]], Skate Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://honoluluweekly.com/cover/2005/11/urban-scrawl/|title=Honolulu Weekly Archives|website=honoluluweekly.com}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/11/20/features/story01.html|title=StarBulletin.com - Features - /2005/11/20/|first=Honolulu|last=Star-Bulletin|website=archives.starbulletin.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Nov/06/il/FP511060320.html|title=Museum hosts L.A. street artist - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper|website=the.honoluluadvertiser.com}}</ref>https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/obey-shepard-fairey-hawaiian-skater-137944171 -->]] In 2005 he collaborated for a second time with [[Z-Trip]] on a limited edition 12-inch featuring [[Chuck D]] entitled "Shock and Awe". In 2005 Fairey also collaborated with [[DJ Shadow]] on a box set, with T-shirts, stickers, prints, and a mix CD by Shadow. In 2005 he showed abroad, for instance in Paris at the [[Magda Danysz Gallery]], and was a resident artist at the [[Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House]] (formerly known as The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu). Also in 2005, Fairey contributed the artwork for the posters, cover art, and graphics for ''[[Walk The Line]]'' the [[Johnny Cash]] biopic. In 2006, Fairey contributed eight vinyl etchings to a limited-edition series of 12" singles by [[post-punk]] band [[Mission of Burma]], and has also done work for the musical group [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]. In 2006, Fairey joined NYC based Ad agency ''Project 2050''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.p2050.com|title=P2050 - Social Consciousness is the new Brand Currency|last=Federico|website=www.p2050.com}}</ref> as founding Creative Director and was featured on the cover of [[Advertising Age]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/news/hitting-streets/103034/|title=Hitting the streets}}</ref> While at Project 2050 Shepard developed creative work for Virgin Mega Store and Boost Mobile. The book ''Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey'' was released in 2006. In 2008, ''Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989–2008)'', edited by Sarah Jaye Williams, was published by Nerve Books UK, and praised by Fairey.<ref>[http://obeygiant.com/post/the-philosophy-of-obey#more-767 "The philosophy of Obey"], obeygiant.com. Retrieved July 16, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlT5hS9XWZI|title=Hennessy x Shepard Fairey: Bottle Logic|last=Hennessy US|date=July 31, 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref> In June 2007, Fairey opened his one-man show entitled "E Pluribus Venom", at the [[Jonathan LeVine]] Gallery. The show made the arts section front page in the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genocchio |first=Benjamin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/arts/29bart.html |title=E PLURIBUS VENOM |work=New York Times |date=June 29, 2007 |page=24 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> Fairey donated original cover art to the 2008 album ''[[Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran]]'', produced for [[Iraq War]] documentary ''[[Body of War]]''. Proceeds from the album benefit non-profit organization [[Iraq Veterans Against the War]]. In 2008 Fairey teamed up again with Z-Trip to do a series of shows in support of then-presidential candidate [[Barack Obama]] entitled [[Party For Change]]. Fairey also designed posters for the British goth band [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]]. [[File:2008-0602-SF-Obeyclothing.jpg|right|thumb|OBEY Giant clothing, 2008<br>[[Nordstrom]] department store]] In September 2008, Shepard opened his solo show titled "Duality of Humanity" at White Walls & Shooting Gallery<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/art-gallery-grifter-how-white-walls-owner-justin-giarla-scammed-artists-out-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-then-disappeared/Content?oid=5041902|title=Art Gallery Grifter: How White Walls Owner Justin Giarla Scammed Artists Out Of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars, Then Disappeared|first=Sarah|last=Burke|website=East Bay Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/5340/diamond-in-the-rough-justin-giarla-brightens-up-the-tenderloin/|title=Diamond in the Rough: Justin Giarla Brightens Up the Tenderloin - Fog City Journal|website=www.fogcityjournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seditionart.com/shepard_fairey|title=Shepard Fairey|website=www.seditionart.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/shoot9.html|title=San Francisco Art Openings: The Shooting Gallery|website=www.artbusiness.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artpractical.com/event/687-duality-of-humanity/|title=Duality of Humanity - Art Practical|last=Smitty}}</ref> in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ryzik |first=Melena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/arts/design/02fair.html |title=The Street Artist Shepard Fairey Moves Closer to the Mainstream but Is Still Rebellious |work=New York Times |date=October 1, 2008 |page=1 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> His third solo show with the gallery featured one hundred and fifty works, including the largest collection of canvases pieces in one show that he's done. Fairey was arrested on February 7, 2009, on his way to the premiere of his show at the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston|Institute of Contemporary Art]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2009/02/10/03/5003-72/index.xml |title=Timing questioned by artist in arrests |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018070325/http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2009/02/10/03/5003-72/index.xml |archive-date=October 18, 2015 }}</ref> in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], Massachusetts, on two outstanding [[Warrant (law)|warrants]] related to [[graffiti]]. He was charged with damage to property for having postered two Boston area locations with graffiti, a [[Boston Police Department]] spokesman said.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18662913/detail.html|title=Shepard Arrested in Boston|publisher=WCVB Boston|date=February 7, 2009|access-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208100305/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18662913/detail.html|archive-date=February 8, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His arrest was announced to party goers by longtime friend [[Z-Trip]] who had been performing at the ICA premiere at Shepard Fairey's request. On April 27, 2009, Fairey put three signed copies of his [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|Obama inauguration]] posters up on [[eBay]], with the proceeds of the auction going to the One Love For Chi foundation, founded by the family of [[Deftones]] bassist [[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]] following a car accident in November 2008 that nearly claimed Cheng's life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://oneloveforchi.com/index.php/shepard-fairey-donates-signed-prints/|title=Shepard Fairey Donates Signed Prints…|publisher=OneLoveForChi.com|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=April 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429122750/http://oneloveforchi.com/index.php/shepard-fairey-donates-signed-prints/|archive-date=April 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Fairey's first art museum exhibition, titled ''Supply & Demand'' (as was his earlier book), was held in Boston at the [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston|Institute of Contemporary Art]] during the summer of 2009. The exhibition featured more than 250 works in a wide variety of media: screen prints, stencils, stickers, [[rubylith]] illustrations, collages, and works on wood, metal and canvas. As a complement to the ICA exhibition, Fairey created public art works around Boston. The artist explains his driving motivation: "The real message behind most of my work is 'question everything'."<ref name="icaboston.org"/> In 2011 ''[[Time Magazine]]'' commissioned Fairey to design its cover to honor "The Protester" as [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] in the wake of the [[Arab Spring]], [[Occupy Wall Street]] and other social movements around the world.<ref name="Fishbowl Time">{{cite web|last=O'Shea|first=Chris|title=Time's Person of the Year: The Protester|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/times-person-of-the-year-the-protestor_b48443|publisher=Fishbowl|access-date=December 14, 2011}}</ref> This was Fairey's second Person of the Year cover for ''Time'', his first being of Barack Obama in 2008. In January 2015, Shepard Fairey made a cameo appearance on ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/shows/portlandia/blog/2015/01/shepard-fairey-portlandia-shocking-art-supplies|title=Shepard Fairey Has an Art Attack on Portlandia}}</ref> In July 2015, Fairey was arrested and detained at [[Los Angeles International Airport]], after passing through customs, on a warrant for allegedly vandalizing 14 buildings in [[Detroit]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Greer |first=Carlos |url=http://pagesix.com/2015/07/12/obama-hope-poster-artist-jailed-for-graffiti-vandalism/ |title=Obama 'Hope' poster artist jailed for graffiti 'vandalism' |work=New York Post |publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc |date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=July 13, 2015 }}</ref> He subsequently turned himself in to Detroit Police.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/shepard-fairey-turns-himself-in-to-detroit-police/?_r=0 |title=Shepard Fairey Turns Himself In to Detroit Police |date=July 14, 2015 |access-date=July 17, 2015 |first=Daniel |last=McDermon |work=nytimes.com}}</ref> On September 17, 2015, the Jacob Lewis Gallery presented Shepard Fairey's exhibition "On Our Hands", his first solo opening in New York City in five years. The paintings reflect on contemporary issues facing our global community: political corruption, environmental apathy and abuse of power. The exhibition coincides with Fairey's new monograph Covert to Overt, published by Rizzoli.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/t-magazine/shepard-fairey-on-our-hands-jacob-lewis.html?_r=0/ |title=In His First New York Show in Five Years, Shepard Fairey is Still Questioning Everything |work=New York Times |access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> ''Life Is Beautiful'' Fremont East District, Las Vegas Mural Project 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2017/07/20/meet-boston-native-helping-change-face-vegas/DNSy0MevqP4JWAqpsZ2cnL/story.html|title=Meet the Boston native helping to change the face of Vegas - The Boston Globe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vegasseven.com/2016/09/21/life-is-beautiful-2016-is-a-visual-spectacle/|title=Life Is Beautiful 2016 Is a Visual Spectacle - Vegas Seven|date=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://streetartunitedstates.com/justkids-metamorphoses-downtown-las-vegas-for-life-is-beautiful/|title=JUSTKIDS metamorphoses Downtown Las Vegas for Life Is Beautiful - street art united states|website=street art united states}}</ref> === Barack Obama "Hope" poster === {{Main|Barack Obama "Hope" poster}} Fairey created a series of posters supporting [[Barack Obama]]'s 2008 candidacy for President of the United States, including the [[Barack Obama "Hope" poster|iconic "HOPE" portrait]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beer |first=Jeff |url=http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=124743&sectionId=behind_the_work |title=Shepard Fairey: Obey Obama. The designer's endorsement as a striking poster series |publisher=Creativity Online |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216035557/http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=124743&sectionId=behind_the_work |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html |title=Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement |work=The Washington Post |date=May 18, 2008 |pages=M01 |location=LOS ANGELES |access-date=January 21, 2009 | first=William | last=Booth}}</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'' art critic [[Peter Schjeldahl]] called the poster "the most efficacious American political illustration since '[[Uncle Sam Wants You]]'".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schjeldahl |first=Peter |url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2009/02/23/090223craw_artworld_schjeldahl |title=Hope and Glory: A Shepard Fairey moment |work=The New Yorker |date=February 23, 2008 |access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://obeygiant.com/post/obama|title=OBAMA - Obey Giant|date=January 25, 2008}}</ref> Fairey also created an exclusive design for [[Rock the Vote]]. Because the ''Hope'' poster had been "perpetuated illegally" and independently by the street artist, the Obama campaign declined to have any direct affiliation with it.<ref name="suicidegirls">{{cite web |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Shepard+Fairey%3A+Purveyor+of+Hope/ |title = Shepard Fairey: Purveyor of Hope |publisher = [[SuicideGirls.com]] |date = December 12, 2008 |access-date = December 12, 2008 }}</ref> Although the campaign officially disavowed any involvement in the creation or popularization of the poster, Fairey has commented in interviews that he was in communication with campaign officials during the period immediately following the poster's release. Fairey has stated that the original version featured the word "PROGRESS" instead of the word "HOPE", and that within weeks of its release, the campaign requested that he issue (and legally disseminate) a new version, keeping the powerful image of Obama's face but captioning it with the word "HOPE".<ref name="wired.com">{{Cite news|url=http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/09/poster-boy-shep.html |title = 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama |work = Wired |date = September 21, 2008 |access-date = January 17, 2009 |first=Jenna |last=Wortham}}</ref> The campaign openly embraced the revised poster along with two additional Fairey posters that featured the words "CHANGE" and "VOTE". Fairey distributed 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during the campaign, funding his grassroots electioneering through poster and fine art sales.<ref name="wired.com" /> "I just put all that money back into making more stuff, so I didn't keep any of the Obama money", explained Fairey in December 2009.<ref name="suicidegirls" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCV7BBUCxMA|title=Artist behind Obama's 'Hope' poster tells Larry King how POTUS let him down|last=RT America|date=July 5, 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2YmsSyCTOM|title=Visions & Voices presents: Art, Culture, Politics: A Conversation with Shepard Fairey|last=USC Annenberg|date=November 11, 2009|via=YouTube}}</ref> In February 2008, Fairey received a letter of thanks from Obama for his contribution to the campaign.<ref name="CBS-Kossov-2009"> {{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-4859978-503544.html | title=AP Countersues Fairey For HOPE Poster | author=Igor Kossov | date=March 11, 2009 |work=Political Hotsheet | publisher=CBS News |access-date=March 14, 2011 |quote=Obama sent Fairey a thank-you letter in February 2008, saying: ...}}</ref> The letter stated: {{blockquote|I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.– Barack Obama, February 22, 2008<ref name="ObeyGiant-check-it-out"> {{cite web | url=http://obeygiant.com/headlines/check-it-out |title=Thank You, from Barack Obama! | date=February 22, 2008 | work=ObeyGiant.com | access-date=March 14, 2011}} </ref>}} <!-- I think the CBS News and Obey Giant references in combination are satisfactory citations. See [[Talk:Shepard Fairey#Hope poster thanks citation]] for more details. --> On November 5, 2008, Chicago posted banners throughout the downtown business district featuring Fairey's Obama "HOPE" portrait.<ref>[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6490271 City Hall reacts to Obama win], ABC WLS-TV, November 5, 2008<!-- see also http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-winner-06-nov06,0,2145634.story --></ref> Fairey created a similar but new image of Barack Obama for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]]'', which was used as the cover art for the 2008 Person of the Year issue.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081218055158/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear|url-status = dead|archive-date = December 18, 2008|title = TIME Magazine Person of the Year 2008 |work=Time |date = December 14, 2008 |access-date = December 14, 2008 }}</ref> The original iconic "HOPE" portrait was featured on the cover of ''[[Esquire Magazine]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s February 2009 issue, this time with a caption reading, "WHAT NOW?" Shepard Fairey's influence throughout the presidential election was a factor in the artist himself having been named a Person of the Year for 2008 by ''[[GQ Magazine|GQ]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3TI3QHUgk|title=Shepard Fairey + The Obama Poster (Boing Boing)|last=Boing Boing Video|date=January 20, 2009|via=YouTube}}</ref> In January 2009, the "HOPE" portrait was acquired by the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|U.S. National Portrait Gallery]] and made part of its permanent collection.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7817466.stm|title = Gallery gets iconic Obama image|publisher=BBC |date = January 8, 2009 |access-date = January 8, 2009 }}</ref> It was unveiled and put on display on January 17, 2009.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2009/01/now-on-view-portrait-of-barack-obama-by-shepard-fairey.html |title=Now on View: Portrait of Barack Obama by Shepard Fairey |publisher=Face2face.si.edu |date=January 17, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awKJQ-HfEHc|title=Shepard Fairey, Creator of Iconic Obama Image, Speaks About His Art|last=TXCANY|date=January 29, 2009|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://npg.si.edu/blog/now-on-view-portrait-barack-obama-shepard-fairey|title=Now on View: Portrait of Barack Obama by Shepard Fairey|last=MonkEL|date=January 17, 2009|website=npg.si.edu}}</ref> Later that month, photographer and blogger [[Tom Gralish]] discovered that the poster was based on an Associated Press photograph by freelance photographer [[Mannie Garcia]].<ref>Tom Gralish, "[http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/sceneonroad/obama_poster_photo_mystery/ Obama Poster Photo Mystery Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125223620/http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/sceneonroad/obama_poster_photo_mystery/ |date=January 25, 2009 }}", ''Scene on the Road'', December 22, 2008 through January 23, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.</ref> Fairey subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against the Associated Press, seeking a [[declaratory judgment]] that his use of the AP photograph was protected by the [[fair use]] doctrine.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/shepard-fairey-sues-associated-press-over-obama-poster/|title=Shepard Fairey Sues Associated Press Over Obama Poster|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009 | first=Dave | last=Itzkoff| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090211080158/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/shepard-fairey-sues-associated-press-over-obama-poster/| archive-date= February 11, 2009 | url-status= live}} The case is ''Shepard Fairey; Obey Giant Art Inc. v. The Associated Press'', No. 09-CV-1123, [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|S.D.N.Y.]]</ref> Fairey subsequently admitted that he had based the poster on the AP photograph and had fabricated and destroyed evidence to hide the fact.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/arts/design/18fairey.html|title=Artist Admits Using Other Photo for 'Hope' Poster|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 17, 2009|access-date=November 5, 2009 | first=Liz | last=Robbins| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121114054518/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/arts/design/18fairey.html| archive-date=November 14, 2012| url-status= live}}</ref> A judge urged a settlement, stating that AP would win the case.<ref>{{cite news|last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/arts/design/29arts-JUDGEURGESRE_BRF.html |date=May 29, 2010 |title=Judge Urges Resolution in Use of Obama Photo |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> The AP and Shepard Fairey settled out of court in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_01122011a.html|title=AP and Shepard Fairey announce agreement in Obama poster case|date=January 12, 2011|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 2009 Fairey's Obama portrait was featured in the book ''[[Art For Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change]]'', which Fairey also edited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-09-11/columns/yosi-sergant-and-the-art-of-change-the-publicist-behind-shepard-fairey-39-s-obama-hope-posters/|title=Yosi Sergant and the Art of Change: The Publicist Behind Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope Posters|first=Seven|last=Mcdonald|date=September 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obeygiant.com/headlines/art-for-obama-book|title=ART FOR OBAMA BOOK - Obey Giant|date=September 24, 2009}}</ref> [[File:Mandela by Shepard Fairey.jpg|thumb|Mandela by Shepard Fairey Mural]] In his December 8, 2010 appearance on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', Stephen Colbert asked Fairey how he felt about having done the "HOPE" portrait of Obama and how "that hope was working out for him now?" to which Fairey replied: "You know, I'm proud of it as a piece of [[grassroots activism]], but I'll just leave it at that".{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} In an interview with ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' in 2015 Fairey said that Obama had not lived up to his expectations, "not even close".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a35288/shepard-fairey-street-art-obama-hope-poster|title=Fairey: Obama Didn't Live Up to My 'Hope' Poster|date=May 28, 2015}}</ref> He continued, "Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/interviews/a35288/shepard-fairey-street-art-obama-hope-poster/|title=Fairey: Obama Didn't Live Up to My 'Hope' Poster|date=May 28, 2015}}</ref> Fairey created a mutt version of the red, white, and blue poster, donating it to help support pet adoptions, from an image of a rescued shaggy dog taken by photographer [[Clay Myers (photographer)|Clay Myers]]. Four hundred limited edition prints were offered by Adopt-A-Pet.com, a nonprofit organization that helps shelters, humane societies and rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to potential adopters.<ref>[http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/02/06/obama-poster-artist-does-one-for-the-dogs/ "Obama poster artist does one for the dogs"], ''Ohmidog!'' magazine, February 6, 2009.</ref> The poster, which was also offered as a free download, was featured on the cover of the spring 2009 edition of ''Dog’s Life'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dogslifemagazine.com/spring-2009/|title=Dog's Life, Issue 7 – Spring 2009|website=dogslifemagazine.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121190151/http://dogslifemagazine.com/spring-2009/|archive-date=November 21, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===The ''Mandela'' mural=== {{Main|Nelson Mandela Mural by Shepard Fairey}} In 2014, Fairey painted a towering mural, 9 stories high, paying tribute to [[Nelson Mandela]] and the 25th anniversary of the [[Purple Rain Protest]]. It is a public artwork on Juta Street in [[Braamfontein]], [[Johannesburg]], overlooking the [[Nelson Mandela Bridge]]. The mural is Fairey's first work in Africa and is seen by many as a sequel to the iconic [[Barack Obama HOPE poster]]. "It is a huge exclamation point downtown..." said [[Patrick Gaspard]], American Ambassador to South Africa, which makes us remember the entire liberation struggle and the remarkably peaceful transition to freedom Nelson Mandela achieved. ===Honest Gil Fulbright=== [[File:Honest Gil Fulbright SOLD Poster.jpg|thumb|Honest Gil Fulbright SOLD Poster|227x227px]]Fairey created an adaptation of the [[Obama HOPE poster]] for satirical Kentucky politician Honest Gil Fulbright.<ref>Sean Sullivan, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/11/why-the-artist-behind-obamas-hope-poster-is-helping-a-fake-candidate/ "Why the artist behind Obama’s ‘Hope’ poster is helping a fake candidate"], ''Washington Post'', August 11, 2014.</ref> [[Frank L. Ridley]], the actor who portrays Fulbright, is featured on the poster, along with the words "SOLD", which refers to Fulbright's "honest" political message: "''I'm only in this thing for the money, but at least I'm honest about it.''"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/GilFulbright|title=Security Check Required|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> ===Marianne=== As a tribute to the victims of the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]], Fairey created a poster<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberte Egalite Fraternite - Obey Giant|url=https://obeygiant.com/liberte-egalite-fraternite/|website=Obey Giant|access-date=October 16, 2017|date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> representing [[Marianne]], the French national icon, surrounded by the national motto ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]''. In June 2016, this design was painted as a [[mural]] on 186 rue Nationale, Paris.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aux origines de la "Marianne" que Macron adore|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/aux-origines-de-la-marianne-que-macron-adore-28-07-2017-7162377.php|access-date=October 16, 2017|work=[[Le Parisien]]|date=July 28, 2017}}</ref> Fairey made a gift of the poster to [[Emmanuel Macron]], who hung it in his office upon assuming the presidency of France.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obey, Knoll, Alechinsky... Le petit musée d'Emmanuel Macron à l'Élysée|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2017/10/16/03004-20171016ARTFIG00128-obey-knoll-alechinsky-le-petit-musee-d-emmanuel-macron-a-l-elysee.php|access-date=October 16, 2017|work=[[Le Figaro]]|date=October 16, 2017|language=fr-FR}}</ref> <br/>In the night of the 13th December{{Efn|1=The day, 13/12, is known as an anti-police day to French activists, as it is a code for [[A.C.A.B.]]}} 2020, a anonymous group tagged over the mural in an act of protest against the state. The motto was crossed out with white paint and replaced by the tag ''Marianne pleure'' (Marianne cries), and red tears were added to the face of Marianne.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A Paris, des graffeurs ajoutent des larmes de sang à la Marianne de Shepard Fairey|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/12/14/a-paris-un-collectif-de-street-art-rajoute-des-larmes-de-sang-a-la-marianne-de-shepard-fairey_6063284_3246.html|last=Jardonnet|first=Emmanuelle|date=2020-12-14|access-date=2020-12-16|work=[[Le Monde]]|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiya.fr/2020/12/15/exclusif-lequipe-de-graffeurs-revient-sur-sa-performance-avec-une-video-spectaculaire-et-le-texte-integral-de-leur-revendication-mariannepleure/|title=EXCLUSIF : L'équipe de graffeurs revient sur sa performance avec une vidéo spectaculaire (et le texte intégral de leur revendication) ! #MariannePleure |date=2020-12-14|access-date=2020-12-16|website=hiya!|language=fr}}</ref> Fairey reacted to the act by declaring his support for all who protest against injustice and that he understood the goals of the action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiya.fr/2020/12/15/breaking-news-shepard-fairey-aka-obey-giant-je-suis-aux-cotes-de-tous-ceux-qui-protestent-contre-linjustice/|title=BREAKING NEWS – Shepard Fairey a.k.a OBEY : "Je suis aux côtés de tous ceux qui protestent contre l'injustice" #mariannepleure|date=2020-12-15|access-date=2020-12-16|website=hiya!|language=fr}}</ref> === We the People series === This series was made during the 2016 presidential campaign as a protest on [[Donald Trump]]'s racist declarations and policies. This work aims to promote gender equality and fights discrimination against minorities. This work stands out to many as it provokes people to respect their common humanity. The title of the work comes from a line in the Constitution and features portraits of Native Americans, African Americans, Muslims, and Latinas, aiming to defend their dignity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shepard Fairey Releases 'We the People' Series to Protest Trump|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shepard-fairey-releases-we-the-people-series-824468|last=Abrams|first=Amah-Rose|date=January 27, 2017|website=artnetnews}}</ref> === Make Art Not War === This work is a mural for Urban Nation in Berlin, Germany. The street art was created in 2014 by Fairey. The work became a motto for street artists and demonstrated Fairey's political support for anti-war movements and peace. The work was made like traditional street art with spray paint and features many of Fairey's motifs and symbols from other works. This repetition includes the black and red cartoon-like style with repetition of symbols such as roses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Shepard Fairey Mural for Urban Nation Berlin|url=https://hifructose.com/2014/09/22/new-shepard-fairey-mural-for-urban-nation-berlin/|last=Voynovskaya|first=Nastia|date=September 22, 2014|website=Hi Fructose}}</ref> === Major Mural Commissions === * Peace Elephant (2011) in West Hollywood Library, Los Angeles * Purple Project (2014) multistory mural in Johannesburg * The Institute of Contemporary Art (2009), Boston, hosted Fairey’s first major solo exhibition, “Supply and Demand”<ref name="Mancoff">{{Cite web|title=Shepard Fairey|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shepard-Fairey|last=Mancoff|first=Debra|website=ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA}}</ref> ==Activism and humanitarianism== [[File:Women's March, Washington, DC (31657219403).jpg|thumb|A 2016 poster by Fairey, shown during the [[2017 Women's March]], depicts a Muslim-American woman]] Shepard Fairey has always been open about social and political topics and often donates and creates artwork in order to promote awareness of these social issues and contributes directly to these causes. In the early 2000s, Fairey began donating to organizations such as Chiapas Relief Fund, the [[ACLU]], [[Feeding America]], and the Art of Elysium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/2014/05/shepard_fairey_david_bowie_jail.php/ |title=Shepard Fairey on Jail, Anonymity and David Bowie |work=Paper Magazine |access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> Following the Obama campaign, Fairey donated proceeds from these poster sales to the ACLU and Feeding America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2010-shepard-fairey-whitehot-interview/2172|title=Shepard Fairey: the Whitehot Interview |work=Whitehot Magazine |date=December 2010}}</ref> In September 2010, Fairey created a poster for the ACLU with actress [[Olivia Wilde]] as the [[Statue of Liberty]] holding a megaphone and a clipboard, the ACLU's weapons of choice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/13/olivia-wilde-gets-the-she_n_715238.html/ |title=Olivia Wilde Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> The Obey Awareness Program,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obeyclothing.com/awareness/|title=OBEY / Mens|website=OBEY Clothing|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102111756/http://www.obeyclothing.com/awareness|archive-date=November 2, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> operated by [[OBEY (clothing)|Obey Clothing]], was founded in 2007 as an extension of Fairey's humanitarian efforts. This program allows Fairey to support causes he believes in by selling specially designed merchandise and donating 100% of the profits raised to handpicked organizations and their causes. Past non-profit organizations benefiting from this program include Hope for Darfur, 11th Hour Action, Feed America, earthquake relief in Haiti, Dark Wave / Rising Sun for Japan relief, and [[Adopt-a-Pet.com]]. Environmentally related non-profit organizations such as the [[Surfrider Foundation]], Urban Roots, the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge and more also received donations. The latest Obey Awareness T-shirts benefitted the Go Campaign, an organization that improves the lives of orphans and vulnerable children around the world by partnering with local heroes to deliver local solutions. Fairey sits on the advisory board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts, a [[nonprofit organization]] that provides art supplies to disadvantaged schools and students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtea.org/dec/aboutus.html |title=About us |publisher=Reaching to Embrace the Arts |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> In 2007, Fairey was commissioned to create a logo for "Music Is Revolution Foundation" and became a board member of the [[Music Is Revolution Foundation]], a nonprofit organization that supports music education for students in public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obeygiant.com/music-is-a-revolution-foundation/|title=Music Is Revolution Foundation}}</ref> As a [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|type 1 diabetic]], Fairey often contributes to non-profit organizations assisting in medical research. He is one of the earliest supporters of Give to Cure, a non-profit organization devoted to accelerating the process of finding cures for human diseases. Fairey created the first Give To Cure sticker series with 20 distinct designs. In addition, he created three special edition prints to commemorate the inaugural Give To Cure campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.givetocure.org/blogs/shepardfairey|title = Shepard Fairey, Give to Cure|publisher = Give to Cure}}</ref> In January 2012, Fairey created an exclusive print called "The Cure" for the [[Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)]], the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research. All proceeds from the sale went toward the JDRF.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oregon.jdrf.org/blog/cure-shepard-fairey-autographed/ |title=Cure by Shepard Fairey – Signed and Numbered Screen Prints Available |publisher=JRDF |access-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> In June 2013, a feature documentary called ''The Human Trial'' about the quest to cure type 1 diabetes caught the attention of Fairey who then created the movie poster in order to raise funds for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greersoc.com/index.php/blogs/daily-dose/global_artist_shepard_fairey_makes_diabetes_visible/ |title=Global Artist Shepard Fairey Makes Diabetes Visible |publisher=Greer’s OC |access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> Every year since 2009, Fairey has contributed his art to raise funds for the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation. In August 2011, Fairey donated the Buddhist inspired piece Mandala Ornament (valued at $12,000) to help raise funds for the Foundation through the ART FOR LIFE online auction, the primary annual fundraising effort that helps support thousands of underserved New York children. Proceeds from the annual gala and auction benefitted the Foundation's signature arts education and gallery programs, which directly serve 2,300 students each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alphaomegaarts.blogspot.com/2011/08/mandala-ornament-by-shepard-fairey.html/ |title=Mandala Ornament by Shepard Fairey Donated to Art for Life |publisher=Alpha Omega Arts |access-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209232751/http://alphaomegaarts.blogspot.com/2011/08/mandala-ornament-by-shepard-fairey.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In June 2009, Fairey created a poster in support of the plight of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] to bring awareness to the human rights cause in [[Burma]]. The proceeds from this print benefitted the Human Rights Action Center and the [[U.S. Campaign for Burma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14679402/ |title=Shepard Fairey Makes Aung San Suu Kyi Film Poster |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, Fairey teamed up with artist and activist Ernesto Yerena, activist Marco Amador and musician [[Zack de la Rocha]] of [[Rage Against the Machine]], to create, distribute, and sell posters countering dehumanizing and anti-immigrant rhetoric for the We Are Human Campaign. A majority of the proceeds went to the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON) and Puente, a grassroots community group that fights for human dignity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://remezcla.com/culture/shepard-fairey-wooster-mural-zapatistas/ |author=Barbara Cameron|title=Shepard Fairey on Art for Social Change, Immigration Reform and Befriending the Subcomandante of the Revolutionary Zapatistas |work=Remezcla |date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> Fairey has also created artwork to benefit the [[David Lynch Foundation|David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (DLF)]]. In April 2009, Fairey created a poster for the David Lynch Foundation's "Change Begins Within" benefit concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlf.tv/2009/shepard-fairey-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522023851/http://dlf.tv/2009/shepard-fairey-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |title=Shepard Fairey Interview |publisher=David Lynch Foundation Television |access-date=April 15, 2009}}</ref> In April 2011, Fairey donated unique collector's items to the foundation's "Download for Good" campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmedianetwork.com/david_lynch_music.html/ |title=Introducing David Lynch Foundation's New Venture – DLF Music |publisher=Music Media |access-date=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002002926/http://www.musicmedianetwork.com/david_lynch_music.html |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In April 2015, Fairey created a commemorative poster for the 10-year anniversary of the music of [[David Lynch]], with all proceeds from poster sales going to the foundation.<ref>{{cite web|author=Katie Bain|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-david-lynch-tribute-show-was-stolen-by-duran-duran-5467351/ |title=The David Lynch Tribute Show was Stolen by…Duran Duran? |work=LA Weekly |date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> In November 2009, Fairey partnered with [[LGBT]] grassroots organization FAIR to auction "Defend Equality Love Unites" posters to raise awareness and funds for the fight for gay and lesbian [[marriage equality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shewired.com/box-office/celebs-team-artist-shepard-fairey-lesbian-and-gay-marriage-equality?page=fulisherll/ |title=Celebs Team Up with Artist Shepard Fairey for Lesbian and Gay Marriage Equality |publisher=She Wired |access-date=November 13, 2009}}</ref> Fairey is a supporter of artist movements such as The Art of Elysium, an organization aiming to affect social change by making art available to striving artists and young people battling serious illnesses. In August 2010, Fairey donated one original Burmese Monk fine art piece as well as an opportunity for a live portrait sitting for Art of Elysium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/02/shepard-fairey-puts-services-up-for-auction.html |title=Shepard Fairey Puts Services Up for Auction |work=LA Times |date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> In September 2014, Fairey curated The Art of Elysium's GENESIS showcase of emerging L.A. artists, creatives, [[Wikt:tastemaker|tastemakers]], and social leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-shepard-fairey-push-will-730433/ |author=Jordan Riefe|title=Why Shepard Fairey and PUSH Will Be Painting Outside Art of Elysium Gala |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 5, 2014}}</ref> In May 2010, Fairey partnered with Feeding America and [[The Ad Council|The Advertising Council]] to create an outdoor public service advertisement to raise awareness about domestic hunger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/news-and-updates/press-room/press-releases/shepard-faireys-feeding-america-artwork-inspires-nationwide-outdoor-psa-with-the-advertising-council.html/ |title=Shepard Fairey's Feeding America Artwork Inspires Nationwide Outdoor PSA with The Advertising Council |publisher=Feeding America |access-date=May 17, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2011, Fairey was named honorary chair of the Young Literati, a philanthropic group of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://laist.com/2011/04/20/because_even_our_libraries_are_cool.php/ |title=Because Even Our Libraries Are Cool: Shepard Fairey Joins LA's Young Literati in Supporting the LAPL |publisher=LAist |access-date=April 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019182508/http://laist.com/2011/04/20/because_even_our_libraries_are_cool.php/ |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Fairey has created artwork and curated several Young Literati Annual Toast events benefitting the Library Foundation. Fairey's wife Amanda has held the position of chair of the Library Foundation since 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lfla.org/raise-your-glass-for-libraries-at-the-young-literati-seventh-annual-toast/ |title=Raise Your Glass for Libraries at the Young Literati Seventh Annual Toast |publisher=LFLA.org |access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> In December 2011, Fairey contributed to the [[Robert Rauschenberg]] Foundation's inaugural "Artist as Activist" print project to benefit the [[Coalition for the Homeless]]. Fairey created an original print called "The Future is Unwritten" to commemorate Rauschenburg's dedication to important social issues and the mission of the Coalition for the Homeless. The print was sold on [[Artnet]] to raise over $150,000 to support the Coalition's life-saving programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/artwalk-ny-raises-over-880000/ |title=ARTWALK NY Raises Over $880,000 |publisher=Coalition for the Homeless |access-date=December 13, 2011}}</ref> In July 2013, Fairey did a public arts project for the nonprofit L.A. Fund for Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lafund.org/|title=The Los Angeles Fund for Public Education|date=January 10, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110215431/http://lafund.org/|archive-date=January 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Fairey's design titled "Create Your Future" was one of three installments in the #ArtsMatter campaign, which was a collaborative effort with P.S. ARTS<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psarts.org/|title=Improving Children's Lives Through Arts Education - P.S. ARTS|website=P.S. ARTS}}</ref> and featured the art displayed on billboards and buses across the city of Los Angeles to send the message that arts matter in schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/23/shepard-fairey-artwork-helps-los-angeles-schools/ |title=Shepard Fairey Wants the World to Know That #ArtsMatter in Our Schools |publisher=Take Part |access-date=July 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729205050/http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/23/shepard-fairey-artwork-helps-los-angeles-schools |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Again in 2015, Fairey contributed to P.S. Arts, and collaborated with Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs to create a one-of-kind rug for a benefit auction for P.S. Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/13681-shepard-fairey-among-artists-to-design-rugs-for-charity-auction/ |title=Shepard Fairey Among Artists to Design Rugs for Charity Auction |publisher=Look to the Stars |access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eKB7pi-Eg|title=SXSW Eco 2013 Keynote - Shepard Fairey|last=SXSWECO|date=October 15, 2013|via=YouTube}}</ref> In March 2014, Fairey created a portrait of [[Ai Weiwei]] with "Friends of Ai Weiwei", a group of Ai supporters who were trying to promote awareness of the artists’ legal status in [[China]] where authorities had confiscated his passport. Proceeds from the posters went toward Friends of Ai Weiwei's efforts to help the artist and to promote free speech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-shepard-fairey-ai-weiwei-20140319-story.html#axzz2wRa0Jo72/ |title=Shepard Fairey pays tribute to Ai Weiwei with new portrait |work=LA Times |author=David Ng|date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> The following year Ai Weiwei was granted a visa, reversing a decision not to grant him the travel document.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33738721/ |title=Ai Weiwei granted six-month UK visa by home secretary |publisher=BBC News |access-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> Shepard Fairey has also created works to support school safety, and posters with his art were seen at the [[March for Our Lives]] rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018.<ref>Hayley Garrison Phillips. [https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/15/shepard-fairey-posters-gun-reform-school-walkout/ "The Artist Behind Obama's "Hope" Portrait Just Released A Series of Free Posters in Support of Gun Reform"]. The Washingtonian (March 15, 2018).</ref><ref>James Legge. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/barack-obama-poster-artist-shepard-fairey-joins-gun-control-march-in-washington-8588110.html "Barack Obama poster artist Shepard Fairey joins gun control march in Washington"]. The Independent (April 25, 2013).</ref> Street art is characterized by a nonpermissive art method of production, which reveals the rebellious nature and activism that challenges the viewer’s perspective regarding the surrounding environment. Street art has features that distinguish it from other art forms such as graffiti and public art. The defiant nature of the art form itself reveals the defiant structure of Fairey's art and the political challenge it has on others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Street Art and Consent|url=https://academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/article/55/4/481/2195110|last=Bacharach|first=Sondra|date=October 2015|website=British Journal of Aesthetics}}</ref> ==Legal issues with appropriation and fair use== {{See also|Fair use|appropriation art|Copyright infringement}} Fairey has been criticized for failing to obtain permission and to provide attribution for works he used.<ref>The artist Mark Vallen posted an essay criticizing this practice, along with multiple examples.</ref><ref>[https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/2009/02/how_phony_is_shepard_fairey.html How phony is Shepard Fairey?], Dan Wasserman, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', February 2, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm |title=Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey |last1=Vallen |first1=Mark |date=December 2007 |website=Art For a Change |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> Fairey has threatened to sue artists for the same technique. [[Austin, Texas]]-based graphic designer Baxter Orr did his own take on Fairey's work in a piece called ''Protect'', with the iconic [[Obey Giant]] face covered by a [[SARS]] [[SARS Mask|respiratory mask]].<ref>[https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/2009/02/fairey_obey_my_lawyers_1.html Obey My Lawyers], Dan Wasserman, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', February 2, 2009</ref> Orr marketed the prints as his own work. On April 23, 2008, Orr received a cease-and-desist order from Fairey's attorneys, telling him to stop selling ''Protect'' because it violated Fairey's trademark. Fairey threatened to sue, calling the designer a "parasite".<ref name="Austin">[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A625022 Artist Cage Match: Fairey vs. Orr], Richard Whittaker, ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'', May 13, 2008.</ref> Originally, Fairey had claimed his HOPE poster was based on a 2006 copyrighted photo of then-Senator Barack Obama seated next to actor [[George Clooney]], taken in April 2006 by [[Mannie Garcia]] on assignment for the [[Associated Press]], which wanted credit and compensation for the work.<ref name="NPR">[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100273350 Artist, AP Disagree Over Photo Credit, Payment], ''Morning Edition'', [[National Public Radio]], February 5, 2009</ref> Garcia believes that he personally owns the copyright for the photo, and has said, "If you put all the legal stuff away, I’m so proud of the photograph and that Fairey did what he did artistically with it, and the effect it's had".<ref>{{Cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/arts/design/10fair.html?partner=rss&emc=rss | title= Artist Sues The A.P. Over Obama Image|work=The New York Times| date= February 10, 2009| access-date= February 10, 2009| first= Randy| last= Kennedy}}</ref> Fairey said his use of the photograph fell within the legal definition of [[fair use]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/arts/06arts-APSAYSITOWNS_BRF.html?ref=arts | title = A.P. Says It Owns Image Used in Obama Poster | author = Dave Itzkoff | newspaper = [[New York Times]] | date = February 5, 2009 }}</ref> Fairey claims he used pieces of the photo as raw material to create a heroic and inspirational political portrait, the aesthetic of which was fundamentally different from the original photo.<ref name=JOLT>{{cite journal|last=Fisher III|first=William W.|author2=Frank Cost, Shepard Fairey, Meir Feder, Edwin Fountain, Geoffrey Stewart & Marita Sturken|title=Reflections on the Hope Poster Case|journal=Harvard Journal of Law and Technology|date=Spring 2012|volume=25|issue=2|url=http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v25/25HarvJLTech243.pdf|access-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref> Lawyers for both sides tried to reach an amicable agreement.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_en_ot/obama_poster | title = AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image }}</ref> In February 2009, Fairey filed a federal lawsuit against the Associated Press, seeking a [[declaratory judgment]] that his use of the AP photograph was protected by the [[fair use]] doctrine and so did not infringe their copyright.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/shepard-fairey-sues-associated-press-over-obama-poster/|title=Shepard Fairey Sues Associated Press Over Obama Poster|work=The New York Times|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2009 | first=Dave | last=Itzkoff}} The case is ''Shepard Fairey; Obey Giant Art Inc. v. The Associated Press'', No. 09-CV-1123, [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|S.D.N.Y.]]</ref> At first, Fairey claimed that he used the photo of Clooney and Obama, cropped the actor out of the shot, and made other changes. In October 2009, Shepard Fairey admitted he had tried to deceive the Court by destroying evidence that he had instead used the photograph alleged by the AP. Fairey admitted he had used a close-up shot of Obama, also taken by Mannie Garcia, as the AP had long alleged. The solo photo appears much more similar to the final HOPE poster than the photo of Clooney and Obama. Fairey's lawyers announced they were no longer representing him, and Laurence Pulgram, an intellectual property lawyer, stated that the revelation definitely put Mr. Fairey's case "in trouble".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/|title=HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-17-obama-hope-poster-lawsuit_N.htm | title = Artist admits he used key AP photo for 'HOPE' poster | work=USA Today | date=October 17, 2009}}</ref> In May 2010, a judge urged Fairey to settle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10772035 |title=NY Judge Urges Settlement In Obama Poster Dispute |date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> The parties settled in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/10170012637/ap-shepard-fairey-settle-lawsuit-over-obama-image-fairey-agrees-to-give-up-fair-use-rights-to-ap-photos.shtml |title=AP And Shepard Fairey Settle Lawsuit Over Obama Image; Fairey Agrees To Give Up Fair Use Rights To AP Photos |date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> On February 24, 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court for "destroying documents and manufacturing evidence."<ref>{{Cite news | title = Shepard Fairey, creator of Barack Obama 'Hope' poster, admits destroying evidence | work = The Telegraph | access-date = February 25, 2012 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9105364/Shepard-Fairey-creator-of-Barack-Obama-Hope-poster-admits-destroying-evidence.html | date=February 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty Over Obama 'Hope' Image | work = ArtsBeat | access-date = February 25, 2012 | url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/shepard-fairey-pleads-guilty-over-obama-hope-image/ | first=Benjamin | last=Weiser | date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> On September 7, 2012, Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service, ordered to pay a $25,000 federal fine, and placed on probation for two years by U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas.<ref>{{cite news|last=Neumeister|first=Larry|title=Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation|url=http://www.ap.org/content/ap-in-the-news/2012/obama-hope-poster-artist-get-probation|newspaper=AP|date=September 7, 2012|agency=AP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726182913/http://ap.org/content/ap-in-the-news/2012/obama-hope-poster-artist-get-probation|archive-date=July 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Shepard Fairey was also charged with destruction of property in 2015 for tagging 18 posters at unsanctioned sites. The case was later dismissed.<ref name="Mancoff"/> ==Critical response== [[File:Fairey.jpg|thumb|Shepard Fairey at a book signing for ''Supply & Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey]] Liam O'Donoghue interviewed Fairey for ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' and questioned the artist about criticism related to his use of images from social movements, specifically images created by black artists. O'Donoghue later posted an article, titled "Shepard Fairey’s Image Problem", on several independent media sites.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Donoghue |first=Liam |url=http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2008/06/97988.html |title=Shepard Fairey's Image Problem |publisher=publish.nyc.indymedia.org |date=June 14, 2008 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> O' Donoghue explored Fairey's use of copyright-protected images while defending his own copyright-protected works from being used by other artists and corporations. Fairey cited his collaboration with [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]], his funding of the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]], and his six-figure charitable contributions for [[Darfur]] assistance as responses to charges of exploitation. <blockquote>"I challenge anybody to fuck with that, know what I mean", Fairey stated. "It's not like I'm just jumping on some cool rebel cause for the sake of exploiting it for profit. People like to talk shit, but it's usually to justify their own apathy. I don't want to demean anyone's struggles through casual appropriation of something powerful; that's not my intention."<ref>{{cite interview|interviewer=Liam O'Donoghue |url=https://www.motherjones.com/interview/2008/03/interview-shepard-fairey.html |title=Interview:Shepard Fairey |work=Mother Jones |issue=March/April 2008 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref></blockquote> Erick Lyle has accused Fairey of cynically turning graffiti culture into a self-promoting advertising campaign.<ref>Erick Lyle in Josh MacPhee, Erik Reuland, ''Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority'', [[AK Press]], 2007, p. 87. {{ISBN|1-904859-32-1}}.</ref> On the other hand, ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'' art critic Robert L. Pincus says Fairey's work "is political art with a strong sense of visual style and emotional [[Authenticity in art|authenticity]]. Even in times when political art has ebbed, Fairey's has just the right balance of seriousness, irony and wit to fit the mood of the moment".<ref>{{cite web|last=Pincus |first=Robert L. |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20071230-9999-mz1a30art.html |title=Social ferment not always reflected in fermentation of artworks |publisher=SignOnSanDiego.com |date=December 30, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Walrus (magazine)|The Walrus]]'' contributor Nick Mount wrote "Following the example set by gallery art, some street art is more about the concept than the art. 'Fuck Bush' isn’t an aesthetic; it’s an ethic. Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant stickers and [[Akay]]’s Akayism posters are clever children of [[Duchamp]], ironic conceptual art."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mount |first=Nick |url=http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.09-art-the-renaissance-of-cute-nick-mount-graffiti-banksy-art |title=The Renaissance of Cute, issue 2008.09 |publisher=Walrusmagazine.com |date=September 2008 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106141157/http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.09-art-the-renaissance-of-cute-nick-mount-graffiti-banksy-art/ |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> But Stephen Heller of ''[[The New York Times]]'' suggested that Fairey's political art has similarities to political art from the past, for instance to political art created by [[Andy Warhol]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Heller |first=Steven |url=http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/shepard-fairey/ |title=Beyond Red, White and Blue |work=New York Times / Campaign Stops |date=February 15, 2008 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> In a ''[[New York Times]]'' review of "E Pluribus Venom" at [[Jonathan LeVine]] Gallery, art critic Benjamin Genocchio described Fairey's art as "generic" despite the range of mediums and styles used by the artist. Genocchio went on to say that it was tempting to see Fairey's art as just another luxury commodity.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genocchio |first=Benjamin (art critic) |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5DE173EF93AA15755C0A9619C8B63 |title='E PLURIBUS VENOM' review |work=New York Times |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> Andrew Michael Ford, the director of Ad Hoc Art, said that Fairey's practice does not "match up" in the minds of people who view his work. Ford suggests that some people will view Fairey's work as "very commercial". In his comments, he suggested that Fairey is "ripe" for criticism because he profits from politically and socially charged works. Ford stated that, despite his criticism, he is a fan of Fairey work.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ryzik |first=Melena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/arts/design/02fair.html?ex=1380686400&en=e17ad9261bb04ea3&ei=5124 |title=The Street Artist Shepard Fairey Moves Closer to the Mainstream but Is Still Rebellious |work=New York Times |date=October 1, 2008 |page=1 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> Artists [[Mark Vallen]], Lincoln Cushing, [[Josh MacPhee]], and [[Favianna Rodriguez]] have documented that Fairey has appropriated work by [[Koloman Moser]], [[Ralph Chaplin]], [[Pirkle Jones]], Rupert Garcia, [[Rene Mederos]], [[Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción|Félix Beltrán]], and [[Gary Grimshaw]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vallen |first=Mark |url=http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm |title=Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey |date=December 1, 2007 |access-date=February 12, 2009}}</ref> In his critique, "Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey", Vallen dissects various works by Fairey, demonstrating them to be plagiarized from the work of other artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm#m |title=Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey |publisher=Art-for-a-change.com |access-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> Jamie O'Shea criticizes Vallen's approach for a "nearly ubiquitous lack of understanding of the artist’s use of appropriated imagery in his work and the longstanding historical precedent for this mode of creative expression," in addition to being masked in a thin "veneer of obvious envy in most cases".<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Shea |first=Jamie |url=http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/02/02/editorial-the-medium-is-the-message-shepard-fairey-and-the-art-of-appropriation/ |title=THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE: SHEPARD FAIREY AND THE ART OF APPROPRIATION |date=February 2, 2008 |access-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref> Art critic [[Brian Sherwin]] lashed out at O’Shea's criticism of [[Mark Vallen]] by saying that O’Shea's ''SUPERTOUCH'' article was nothing more than "damage control". Sherwin questioned O’Shea's defense of Fairey, noting that Fairey is a ''SUPERTOUCH'' author and business associate of O’Shea. Sherwin suggests that O’Shea has a "vested" interest in making sure that Fairey is viewed positively by the public since he has curated art exhibits involving Fairey and has written extensively about the artist. Sherwin wrote that O’Shea once served as editor in chief for ''[[Juxtapoz]]'' and has worked as a creative director hired by corporate art collections as a corporate liaison for acquisitions. Sherwin concluded that the public will "question the artist who says to question everything," regardless of O’Shea's [[Mark Vallen]] "damage control" on ''SUPERTOUCH.'' Sherwin implied that O'Shea's critique of Vallen was selective because key negative facts about Fairey's history were left out in the article.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherwin |first=Brian |url=http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/02/jamie-oshea-obeys-shepard-fairey-by.html |title=Jamie O'Shea Obeys Shepard Fairey by Taking Jabs at Mark Vallen. Myartspace |date=February 2, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref> The dispute between Sherwin and O’Shea was cited by [[Dan Wasserman]] on ''[[The Boston Globe]]''’s "Out of Line".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wasserman |first=Dan |url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/2009/02/how_phony_is_shepard_fairey.html |title=How phony is Shepard Fairey? Boston Globe's Out of Line |date=February 2, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2009 | work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> [[Bloggers]] have criticized Fairey for accepting commissions from corporations such as [[Saks Fifth Avenue]], for which his design agency produced illustrations inspired by [[Constructivism (art)|Constructivism]] and [[Alexander Rodchenko]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Eric Wilson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/fashion/08ROW.html|title=Consumers of the World Unite |work=New York Times |date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=February 12, 2009}}</ref> Fairey defends his corporate commissions by saying that clients such as Saks Fifth Avenue help him to keep his studio operational and his assistants employed.<ref name="coloradodaily1"/> Fairey has acknowledged the irony of being a street artist exploring themes of free speech while at the same time being an artist hired by corporations for consumer campaigns. He says simply that designers and artists have to make money to survive.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Reyhan Harmanci |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/30/NSGB3HTAS61.DTL |title=VISUAL ARTS OBEY YOUR MUSE- |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 30, 2006 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501181212/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F03%2F30%2FNSGB3HTAS61.DTL |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> <blockquote>"I consider myself a populist artist," Fairey says. "I want to reach people through as many different platforms as possible. Street art is a bureaucracy-free way of reaching people, but T-shirts, stickers, commercial jobs, the Internet – there are so many different ways that I use to put my work in front of people."<ref name="coloradodaily1"/></blockquote> In August 2011, Fairey received a black eye and a bruised rib after being attacked outside of the [[Kødbyen|Kodboderne 18]] nightclub in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. Fairey claims the two assailants called him "Obama illuminati" and ordered him to "go back to America". He believes the attack was the result of a misunderstanding over his artwork, which commemorated the demolition of the legendary [[Ungdomshuset]] (youth house) at Jagtvej 69. His mural showed a [[Peace dove#The dove and olive branch|peace dove]] in flight surrounded by a circle of [[Tønder lace]] above the word "Peace"; it was vandalized within 24 hours of its unveiling with graffiti slogans "no peace" and "go home, [[Yankee]] [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster]]".<ref name="fairey" >{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/12/shepard-fairey-beaten-danish-mural | title = Shepard Fairey beaten up after spat over controversial Danish mural | access-date = August 16, 2011 | last = Eriksen | first = Lars | author2 = Xan Brooks, Dominic Rushe | date = August 12, 2011 |work=The Guardian | publisher = Guardian News and Media Limited | location=London}}</ref> The media reported that the artwork was commissioned by the [[Copenhagen Municipality]], but the original mural was organized by Fairey's Copenhagen gallery, [[V1 Gallery|V1]]. It was not a government-sponsored work.<ref name="fairey" /> == Exhibitions == {{More citations needed section|date=October 2019}} === Selected solo exhibitions === [[File:Shepard Fairey Revolutions Mural Chicago December 2011.jpg|thumb|"Revolutions Mural" by Shepard Fairey (11 x 130 feet) at the underpass on Grand and Lakeshore near Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, December 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramos |first1=Elliot |title=Bye Bye, Fairey's 'Obey' mural |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/bye-bye-faireys-obey-mural/cdd790e4-2eeb-4d6c-883f-677f4fb9972b |access-date=29 December 2020 |agency=WBEZ |date=May 23, 2012}}</ref>]] * 2000: ''Obey Giant'', Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA * 2002: ''Overnight Delivery'', BLK/MRKT Gallery, Culver City, CA * 2002: ''Shepard Fairey'', Kinsey/DesForges Gallery, Culver City, CA * 2003: ''This is Your God'', sixspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<ref>{{cite web |title=This is Your God |url=http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/This_Is_Your_God |website=TheGiant.org}}</ref> * 2004: ''Obey'', V1 Gallery, Copenhagen * 2004: ''Supply and Demand'', Merry Karnowsky Gallery – LA, Los Angeles, CA * 2005: ''Manufacturing Dissent'', Merry Karnowsky Gallery – LA, Los Angeles, CA * 2005: ''Shepard Fairey'', Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI * 2006: ''Obey'', [[Magda Danysz Gallery]], Paris, France * 2006: ''Rise Above'', Merry Karnowsky Gallery - LA, Los Angeles, CA * 2007: ''E Pluribus Venom'', [[Jonathan LeVine Gallery]], New York, NY * 2007: ''Ninteeneightyfouria'', Stolenspace Gallery, London * 2007: ''Imperfect Union'', Merry Karnowsky Gallery – LA, Los Angeles, CA * 2009: ''Supply & Demand'', ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, MA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artslant.com/sf/artists/show/155-shepard-fairey|title=Shepard Fairey|website=ArtSlant}}</ref> * 2009: ''Shepard Fairey'', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT * 2009: ''Supply & Demand'', The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA * 2010: ''Supply and Demand'', CAC – Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH * 2010: ''May Day'', Deitch Projects – 76 Grand Street, New York, NY * 2011: ''Revolutions – The Album Cover Art Of Shepard Fairey'', Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA * 2012: ''Sound & Vision'', Stolenspace Gallery, London * 2015: ''On Our Hands'', Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY * 2015: ''Sid Superman is Dead : Shepard Fairey et Denis Morris'', Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France * 2015: ''Your Eyes Here'', CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga<ref>{{cite web|title=Shepard Fairey – Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga|url=http://cacmalaga.eu/2015/06/26/obey-2/|work=Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga|access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis5-22-09.asp|title=Shepard Fairey's "Supply and Demand" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston – artnet Magazine|website=www.artnet.com}}</ref> * 2016: ''Victory is Peace – Shepard Fairey x NoNÅME'', Positive-Propaganda Artspace, Munich, Germany * 2017: ''Shepard Fairey: Work Against The Clampdown'', Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV *2018: ''Shepard Fairey: Salad Days, 1989–1999'', Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield, Hills, MI<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/exhibition/shepard-fairey-salad-days-1989-1999/|title=Shepard Fairey: Salad Days, 1989–1999 {{!}} Cranbrook Art Museum|website=cranbrookartmuseum.org|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> * 2019: ''Retrospective Shepard Fairey'', (600 works for Grenoble Street Art Fest), [[Grenoble]], France<ref>{{cite web|title=Obey, street star à Grenoble|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2019/06/14/obey-street-star-a-grenoble|access-date=June 15, 2019}}</ref> === Selected group exhibitions === * 1999: ''Sticker Shock: Artists'', ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA * 2003: ''Beautiful Losers'', CAC – Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH * 2004: ''Backjumps – The Live Issue #1'', Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin * 2008: ''Under a Red Sky'', Stolenspace Gallery, London * 2009: ''The Art of Rebellion'', Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA * 2009: ''Urban Art – Werke aus der Sammlung Reinking'', Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen * 2009: ''Viva la Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape'', Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego – MCASD Downtown, San Diego, CA * 2013: ''At home I'm a tourist’ Colección de Selim Varol'', CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga * 2014: ''The Insistent Image: Recurrent Motifs in the Art of Shepard Fairey and Jasper John'', Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC * 2014: ''Art Alliance: The Provocateurs'', Block 37, Chicago, IL <ref>Christopher Borrelli, "Lollapalooza gets a giant art show", ''Chicago Tribune'', April 30, 2014</ref> * 2015: ''Sleeping Beauty'', Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France ==Commercial artwork== [[File:Led Zeppelin before the press, 2012.jpg|alt=|thumb|Promotional work by Fairey for the album and film ''[[Celebration Day (film)|Celebration Day]]'' served as a backdrop for a 2012 [[Led Zeppelin]] press conference]] *Fairey designed the album artwork for [[Flogging Molly]]'s ''[[Whiskey on a Sunday (album)|Whiskey on a Sunday]]''. *Appears in the 2006 videogame, ''[[Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]'', as himself. *Fairey provided the design for the Obey Giant room at [[The Creek South Beach]]. *Fairey designed the cover for the books ''[[Woodstock]] Experience'' by [[Michael Lang (producer)|Michael Lang]], Dan Garson, [[Henry Diltz]] ([[Genesis Publications]], 2009)), ''A Heartbeat and A Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears''. (Basic Books/Nation Books, 2009) by [[Antonino D'Ambrosio]] and the cover of the [[Smashing Pumpkins]] album ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]'', [[Led Zeppelin]]'s ''[[Mothership (Led Zeppelin album)|Mothership]]'' & ''[[Celebration Day (film)|Celebration Day]]'', [[Sage Francis]]'s ''[[Li(f)e]]'', [[Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]]' ''[[The Live Anthology]]'' and, in 2010, [[Stone Temple Pilots]]'s [[Stone Temple Pilots (2010 album)|eponymous album]]. *He designed the album cover for [[will.i.am]]'s second solo album ''[[Must B 21|Must B 21 (Soundtrack to Get Things Started)]]''. * On January 19, 2009, Fairey created a Google Doodle for [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/doodles/dr-martin-luther-king-day-2009-by-shepard-fairey-studio-number-one |title=Dr. Martin Luther King Day 2009, by Shepard Fairey / Studio Number One|date=January 19, 2009|website=www.google.com|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/07/google-celebrates-frida-kahlos-103rd-birthday-by-doctoring-its-logo-and-her-selfportrait.html|title=Google celebrates Frida Kahlo's 103rd birthday by doctoring its logo – and her self-portrait|author=Mike Boehm|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> *Fairey's iconic Obey logo appears in several levels of the ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'' video game. It also appears briefly in part two of the anime ''[[Afro Samurai]]''. *The "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" is also a stock spray image in Valve's popular video game title ''CounterStrike'' (v1.6, the spray was not included in ''CounterStrike: Source'') *Fairey designed the cover for [[Russell Brand]]'s second autobiography [[Booky Wook 2]]. *Fairey contributed a drawing to the Police Brutality Coloring Book in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/police-brutality-coloring-book/|title=Police Brutality Coloring Book Begs Question, 'What Color Is Pepper Spray?'|first=Dan|last=Glass}}</ref> *Fairey designed the album artwork for Stone Temple Pilots’ 2010 self-titled album. ==TV, radio and movies== *''[[Rash (film)|Rash]]'', Video Documentary 2005. 17-minute interview conducted in April 2003 with Shepard Fairey in Sydney, Australia. Includes footage of Shepard and partner Barbara installing a paste-up wall in a gallery side event at Semi Permanent conference in Sydney. *On January 20, 2009, Fairey made a radio appearance on the ''[[Fresh Air]]'' program from WHYY, an [[NPR]] affiliate, discussing his "Hope" poster, the official Obama inauguration poster and his many arrests (14 times) in connection with the installation of his "street" works.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99466584 |title=Spreading The Hope: Street Artist Shepard Fairey |work=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR |date=January 20, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> On February 26, 2009, he was again a guest on ''Fresh Air'' discussing the Associated Press lawsuit over the Obama Hope poster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101182453|title=Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement?|publisher=NPR}}</ref> *On February 11, 2010, [[Stephen Colbert]] debuted a poster on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' that was designed in collaboration with Fairey. The poster, created for Colbert's coverage of the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], depicts Colbert wearing a [[laurel wreath]] crown, carrying an [[Olympic Flame]] and riding an eagle, with the catchphrase, "Vancouver 2010: Defeat the World".<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264136/february-11-2010/david-ross David Ross Interview]. ColbertNation.com, February 11, 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/the-official-stephen-colb_n_460481.html "Stephen Colbert and Shepard Fairey Collaborate on Olympic Poster"] ''Huffington Post'', February 12, 2010</ref> *Along with artists [[Frank Stella]] and [[Andres Serrano]], Fairey appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on December 8, 2010. As part of a segment with comedian [[Steve Martin]], Fairey sprayed his ''Obey'' logo on a portrait of Colbert.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDOSTkSGL3Y07dY0qQToV5B552pw |title=To please Steve Martin, Colbert updates a portrait |date=December 9, 2010 |publisher=Associated Press via Google |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5urAeA9IK?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDOSTkSGL3Y07dY0qQToV5B552pw |archive-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/12/stephen-colbert-quizzes-steve-martin-on-art-history.html |title=Stephen Colbert talks art with Steve Martin, with help from Shepard Fairey et al |date=December 9, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="wnyc">{{cite web|url=https://edge13-audio.wnyc.org/bl/bl042110fpod.mp3|website=edge13-audio.wnyc.org|title=WNYC, New York Public Radio - Shepard Fairey on Banksy|access-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref> * Fairey features heavily in the [[Banksy]] movie ''[[Exit Through the Gift Shop]]'', which documents the birth of [[Mr. Brainwash]]. *On the September 13, 2011 episode of ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', an American television soap opera, character [[Devon Hamilton]] purchased a Shepard Fairey original, ''Commanda'', as the first piece of art for his new office. *On the March 4, 2012 episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart]], Fairey appeared as himself. *Fairey appeared in the 2012 film ''[[Bones Brigade]]: An Autobiography'' as himself. *In 2013, a short narrative film based on the story of Shepard Fairey was released called ''Obey the Giant''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2202912/|title=Obey the Giant|date=May 16, 2012|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arrestedmotion.com/2013/04/films-obey-the-giant-the-story-of-shepard-fairey/|title=Films: "OBEY THE GIANT" – The Story of Shepard Fairey « Arrested Motion|website=ArrestedMotion}}</ref> * In the 2013 comedy film ''[[This Is the End]]'', actor [[James Franco]] is depicted as having an "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" in his home and claiming it to be his favorite painting. *In 2017, [[Obey Giant (film)|''Obey Giant'']], a documentary based on Shepard Fairey and distributed by [[Hulu]], was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7179102/|title=Obey Giant|date=November 11, 2017|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVvyI7BdYw8|title=Obey Giant Trailer (Official) • A Hulu Original Documentary|last=Hulu|date=November 7, 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref> *In 2018, he appeared in ''[[Bad Reputation (2018 film)|Bad Reputation]]'' a documentary about [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett's]] career. ==Personal life== [[File:Shepard Fairey DJing - shot by Kris Krug.jpg|thumb|Fairey performing a DJ set in 2009.]] Fairey lives in the [[Los Feliz]] district of [[Los Angeles]] with his wife Amanda and daughters Vivienne and Madeline.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/01/25/shepard_the_giant/ |title=Shepard the Giant |work=The Boston Globe |date= January 25, 2009|access-date=February 8, 2009 | first=Geoff | last=Edgers}}</ref> In addition to his successful graphic design career, Fairey also DJs at many clubs under the names DJ Diabetic and Emcee [[Insulin]], as he has [[Type 1 diabetes]].<ref>{{cite interview |first=Shepard |last=Fairey |interviewer=Signore, John Del |url=http://gothamist.com/2007/06/21/interview_shepa.php |title=Shepard Fairey, Street Artist |work=Gothamist |date=June 21, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123172834/http://gothamist.com/2007/06/21/interview_shepa.php |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ==See also== * [[Banksy]] (Bristol) – graffiti, stencil graffiti * Tavar Zawacki a.k.a. [[Above (artist)|ABOVE]] – American artist that addresses social and political issues in his street works. * [[Invader (artist)|Invader]] – mosaic * [[List of street artists]] * [[King Robbo]] – graffiti, stencil graffiti == Notes == {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== {{refbegin|40em}} * ''[https://www.dragopublisher.com/product/shepard-fairey-obey/ #Obey]'' Sherpard Fairey (2014) Drago Publishing. * ''Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal'' by [[James Daichendt]], Cameron + Company;(December, 2013) * ''Mayday: The Art of Shepard Fairey Gingko Press; First edition (December 10, 2010) * ''E Pluribus Venom'' by Shepard Fairey (2008) Gingko Press. * ''Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989–2008)'', edited by Sarah Jaye Williams (2008), Nerve Books UK. * ''Obey: Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey'' by Shepard Fairey (2006), Gingko Press. * [[Beautiful Losers (film)|''Beautiful Losers'' (film)]] * "Shepard Fairey in arte Obey. La vita e le opere del re della poster art" di Sabina de Gregori, Castelvecchi editore, 2011 {{refend}} ==External links== *[http://www.obeygiant.com/ Obey Giant Website] *{{National Public Radio|99466584}} in 2009 *{{National Public Radio|89431734}} in 2008 *{{IMDb name|1735854}} *[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-arnon/how-the-obama-hope-poster_b_133874.html/ Interview on Huffington Post] *[http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=757/ Interview with Manuel Bello] *[https://vimeo.com/393807 Interview] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairey, Shepard}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Album-cover and concert-poster artists]] [[Category:American graffiti artists]] [[Category:American graphic designers]] [[Category:American contemporary artists]] [[Category:Street artists]] [[Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni]] [[Category:Artists from Charleston, South Carolina]] [[Category:Art in Greater Los Angeles]] [[Category:People from Los Feliz, Los Angeles]]'