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Facing the Giant
Three decades of
dissent—and art
—with Shepard Fairey
dissent—and art
—with Shepard Fairey
With his storied background in guerilla street art, Shepard Fairey knows art is the way to speak his mind. 30 years later, the exhibit Facing the Giant references Fairey’s early Obey Giant work, but more enduringly, the giant issues and forces he still confronts through his art.
With his storied background in guerilla street art, Shepard Fairey knows art is the way to speak his mind. 30 years later, the exhibit Facing the Giant references Fairey’s early Obey Giant work, but more enduringly, the giant issues and forces he still confronts through his art.
With his storied background in guerilla street art, Shepard Fairey knows art is the way to speak his mind. 30 years later, the exhibit Facing the Giant references Fairey’s early Obey Giant work, but more enduringly, the giant issues and forces he still confronts through his art.
Always between parody and protest, his work is a constant reaction to what’s happening in the world, with rips and layers that express the accumulation of experiences that shape us and our decisions.
Always between parody and protest, his work is a constant reaction to what’s happening in the world, with rips and layers that express the accumulation of experiences that shape us and our decisions.
Always between parody and protest, his work is a constant reaction to what’s happening in the world, with rips and layers that express the accumulation of experiences that shape us and our decisions.
THE SPRAY CAN IS A SIMPLE TOOL OF REVOLUTION. YOU CAN MAKE A SERIOUS MARK ON THE WALL—OR THE WORLD.
THE SPRAY CAN IS A SIMPLE TOOL OF REVOLUTION. YOU CAN MAKE A SERIOUS MARK ON THE WALL—OR THE WORLD.
THE SPRAY CAN IS A SIMPLE TOOL OF REVOLUTION. YOU CAN MAKE A SERIOUS MARK ON THE WALL—OR THE WORLD.
For the exhibit, Beats didn’t just provide the Beats Residency space in Shoreditch (London), but also its exterior wall for Fairey to create Raise the Level—a mural that celebrates the crucial influence music has always had in this work.
For the exhibit, Beats didn’t just provide the Beats Residency space in Shoreditch (London), but also its exterior wall for Fairey to create Raise the Level—a mural that celebrates the crucial influence music has always had in this work.
For the exhibit, Beats didn’t just provide the Beats Residency space in Shoreditch (London), but also its exterior wall for Fairey to create Raise the Level—a mural that celebrates the crucial influence music has always had in this work.
MUSIC IS SO WOVEN INTO MY LIFE, IT’S AN INSPIRATION IN MY ART AND MY EXISTENCE.
MUSIC IS SO WOVEN INTO MY LIFE, IT’S AN INSPIRATION IN MY ART AND MY EXISTENCE.
MUSIC IS SO WOVEN INTO MY LIFE, IT’S AN INSPIRATION IN MY ART AND MY EXISTENCE.
