Glen E. Friedman x Shepard Fairey

Glen E Friedman

• Glen E. Friedman (born 1962)• documenting the scenes and key players of the

skate, punk and early hip-hop cultures• Black Flag, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat,

Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC and Public Enemy as well as classic skateboarding originators such as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters and Stacy Peralta. among others

Shepard Fairey

• February 15, 1970• Obey• Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts in

Idyllwild, California in 1988• Rhode Island School of Design• ridiculously hard to get into and enjoys a

sterling reputation as a training ground for working artists.) Fairey graduated

• In 2008 GEF worked on two collaborations with graphic artist Shepard Fairey. They used iconic GEF photographs of Tony Alva and Public Enemy for limited edition graphic posters done in the usual Fairey style. Signed by Friedman, Fairey, and Alva/Chuck D. Sold to collectors through the Obey Giant web site. The Alva and Public Enemy posters both sold out in a matter of minutes.

• Since 2008 they have Also collaborated on several others, hoping to continue to be able to do one a year.