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.

Wheat Pasting

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.”

vs. (Shepard Fairey)

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.

(Shepard Fairey)

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."

(Shepard Fairey)

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

Shepard Fairey

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?