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Andre the Giant(1946-1993)Professional wrestler Actor (The Princess Bride) Suffered from acromegaly, which is a dysfunction of the pituitary gland, causing excessive largeness.
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Obey(Shepard Fairey)
Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey is the man behind OBEY GIANT, the graphics that have changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. What started with an absurd sticker he created in 1989 while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design has since evolved into a worldwide street art campaign, as well as an acclaimed body of fine art.
Shepard Fairey
Andre The Giant Has a Posse1989While at Rhode Island School of Design
Shepard Fairey
Andre The Giant Early 1990’sKent Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn North 6th and Berry street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
PROPAGANDA
Shepard Fairey
OBEY GIANTCirca 1992
Shepard Fairey
From THEY LIVE1988
Similarities? Differences?
Engineering (Propaganda), 2008, 29 x 40 inches Silkscreen & Mixed Media Collage on Paper
Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey
“I can express myself…and I feel that everybody should have the ability to express themselves…as long as what they’re doing isn’t hurting someone else.”
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Shepard Fairey
Obama Poster2008
Shepard Fairey
Obama Poster2008
“Yeah, well, I hate to say this, and some people might get very angry, but the American public is generally pretty superficial, so an image like that just allows them to project whatever limited idea they have onto it. Obviously, not everyone is like that—I actually think there were a lot of people who were bummed by the image because they felt it was shallow propaganda.”
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On February 4, 2009, the Associated Press announced that it determined "that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission."
In January 2009 photographer and blogger Tom Gralish discovered that the poster was based on an Associated Press photograph by freelance photographer Mannie Garcia.
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On October 16, 2009, Fairey admitted that he had based the poster on the AP photograph and had fabricated and destroyed evidence on an old hard drive to hide the fact that he stole the image.
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Obama Poster2008
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“I said, ok, I’ll pay the licensing fee it. And [the AP] said, no, we want to claim damages. I said damages? Because of my poster the Mannie Garcia picture is now worth more than it ever would have been.”
-Shepard Fairey
vs.The AP and Shepard Fairey settled out of court in January 2011. In a press release, the AP announced that the AP and Fairey "agreed to work together going forward with the Hope image and share the rights to make the posters and merchandise bearing the Hope image and to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on AP photographs. The parties have agreed to additional financial terms that will remain confidential."
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Shepard Fairey
Burmese Monk, 2009, 44 x 60 inches, Stencil & Mixed Media Collage on Canvas
Shepard Fairey
Burmese Monk, 2009, 3 or 4 stories high, near 3rd Ave / 4th ave / Bowery intersection
Shepard FaireyGuns and Roses, 2007, 30 x 44 inches, Retired Stencil & Mixed Media Collage on Paper
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On Mercer Street (near Grand and Broome) in SoHo
Shepard Fairey
Williamsburg Hall of Music (brooklyn)
Selling OBEY…Selling out?
“When we first got there, a man walking through the park area was yelling about how graffiti needs to be recognized as a legitimate art form. "I don't know what he's trying to say," said one of Fairey's assistants, "this isn't even graffiti.”
“People like to talk shit, but it's usually to justify their own apathy.”
In DUMBO, Brooklyn…
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTGO TO York Street in DUMBO….AND TAKE YOUR PICTURE NEXT TO THIS PIECE OF STREET ART!
OBEY is a classic example of ”culture jamming,” a tactic used by anti-consumerist social movements to
disrupt or subvert mainstream media and pop culture. Culture jammers perform acts like….
Ron EnglishMC Supersize ME
2002-2004
Re-figuring logos
The ultimate goal of culture jamming is to challenge the idea of “what’s cool” and make a statement
about consumption.
Guerilla BillboardingBy Ron English
MOAR Guerilla Billboarding!!
By Ron English
Reverse Shoplifting
Ron EnglishSuper Supper 2010
Ron EnglishAbraham Obama 2008-10
In San Francisco…
“Songs in English”APPARENTLY…Saddam Hussein had Iraqi musicians create 110 songs about him while he was ruling of Iraq….Ron English thinks that there should be at least one American with more songs written about them….so far he’s got more than 40!
Check his site out:https://www.popaganda.com/gallery
(fine art)
Red Marilyn2005
(fine art)
Cowgirl McDonalds
2005
(fine art)
American Depress
2005
(fine art)
Tramp Boy2010-11
(street art) (fine art)Texas Cows
(fine art) (product)Purple Dinosaurus
(fine art) (product)Cowgirl Milkshake Cathy Cowgirl
"Painting on walls has broken down walls between artists and communities, between artists and the police. [Now] There is a new equilibrium.”
"Painting on walls has broken down walls between artists and communities, between artists and the police. [Now] There is a new equilibrium.”
Do you think that graffiti & street art
have created a “new equilibrium” between
artists and communities?
How have you seen this happen?
If you haven’t seen this happen, what
circumstances would you need to see before this
“new equilibrium” is created?