Shepard Fairey (click here for his site)
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Fairey created "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1989. The "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign. The "Obey Giant" campaign has grown via an international network of collaborators replicating Fairey's original designs. In a manifesto he wrote in 1990, and since posted on his website, he equates his work with Heidegger's concept of phenomenology. His "Obey" Campaign draws from the John Carpenter movie "They Live" which starred pro wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, taking a number of its slogans, including the "Obey" slogan, as well as the "This is Your God" slogan.
He graduated from RISD in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He uses the slogan "The Medium is the Message" borrowed from Marshall McLuhan.
In 1996 he founded Black Market Inc., which specialised in guerilla marketing, and "the development of high-impact marketing campaigns." Clients included Pepsi, Hasbro and Netscape.
In 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency. The agency produced the cover work for the Black Eyed Peas's albums Elephunk and Monkey Business and the poster for the film Walk the Line. Fairey has also designed the cover work for The Smashing Pumpkins album Zeitgeist.
In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective Post Gen. 2005 saw Fairey and DJ Shadow collaborating on a box set. It included t-shirts, stickers, prints, and a mix CD by Shadow. In 2005 he also was a resident artist at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu. In 2006, Fairey contributed eight vinyl etchings to a limited-edition series of 12" singles by alternative rock icons Mission of Burma, and has also produced work for Interpol.
In 2004, Shepard Fairey co-founded Swindle Magazine with Roger Gastman.
His book, "Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey," was released in July 2006.
According to Eric Lyle, Fairey has cynically turned graffiti culture into a self-promoting ad campaign, turning street art into a cheap hustle that is no different from corporate advertising.
He graduated from RISD in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He uses the slogan "The Medium is the Message" borrowed from Marshall McLuhan.
In 1996 he founded Black Market Inc., which specialised in guerilla marketing, and "the development of high-impact marketing campaigns." Clients included Pepsi, Hasbro and Netscape.
In 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency. The agency produced the cover work for the Black Eyed Peas's albums Elephunk and Monkey Business and the poster for the film Walk the Line. Fairey has also designed the cover work for The Smashing Pumpkins album Zeitgeist.
In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective Post Gen. 2005 saw Fairey and DJ Shadow collaborating on a box set. It included t-shirts, stickers, prints, and a mix CD by Shadow. In 2005 he also was a resident artist at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu. In 2006, Fairey contributed eight vinyl etchings to a limited-edition series of 12" singles by alternative rock icons Mission of Burma, and has also produced work for Interpol.
In 2004, Shepard Fairey co-founded Swindle Magazine with Roger Gastman.
His book, "Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey," was released in July 2006.
According to Eric Lyle, Fairey has cynically turned graffiti culture into a self-promoting ad campaign, turning street art into a cheap hustle that is no different from corporate advertising.
