The World Famous Graphic Artist that created the Obama Hope Graphic - The Guardian

[Ichingcarpenter]

American graffiti


It began with a black and white drawing of a wrestler's face and ended up revolutionising street art. Alex Rayner meets Shepard Fairey, cult artist and poster boy for US irony ....more here

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2203195,00.html


http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Obey_Giant

The obey giant:

The Obey campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. The first aim of Phenomenology is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one's environment. The Obey campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with Obey propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer's perception and attention to detail. The medium is the message.



http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Obey_Giant#Obey_Manifesto


Shepherd Fairey offers a helping hand to Barack Obama


Mr Fairey’s campaign is swiftly picking up momentum. His ‘hope’ and ‘progress’ propaganda posters to aid Mr Obama to take a seat in the White House are popping up left, right and centre (or should that be center?).

Obeygiant.com has already sold out of one edition of ‘OBAMA progress’ prints but fear not, the silkscreen hasn’t even had time for lunch as in the drying racks there’s an edition of 600 ‘OBAMA Hope’ prints. Signed and numbered, these puppies are just waiting to be snapped up so revenue can be generated to print more posters to paste up in the places yet to hold primaries! Smart thinking!




http://www.huckmagazine.com/blog/shepherd-fairey-offers/

[Bicoastal]

1. The guy who made Andre the Giant's face world famous? AWESOME!

:thumbsup:

[madrchsod]

2. sticker nation rules

crank up the printers there`s an election to win....obama has a posse