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Obey Dalai Lama Compassion

Shepard Fairey

Dovehouse Contemporary United Arab Emirates

Artwork details

Artist

Shepard Fairey

Title

Obey Dalai Lama Compassion

Description

Obey Dalai Lama Compassion

By Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey is an American street artist and graphic designer best known for his "Obey Giant" campaign and the iconic "Hope" poster of Barack Obama. His work merges street art with social activism, often addressing themes of propaganda, power, and dissent.

2022

Silkscreen on Thick Cream Speckle Tone Paper

61 x 46 cm / 24 x 18 in

Limited edition of 500

Signed and numbered

Mint condition

Date

2022

Medium

Silkscreen

Edition

500

Signature

Signed

Sheet

61 x 46 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

The Artist

Shepard Fairey

Originally a skateboarder, Shepard Fairy came into the art world from the streets. As a contemporary graphic designer, illustrator, street artists and activist, his stickers, stencils, screen prints, illustrations, collages and works in wood and metal provide an authentic, inspiring and provocative voice. His aim with his art is to encourage the audience to question themselves, their environment and their assumptions – he wants to provoke a reaction. He first came to prominence with a sticker campaign, ‘Andre the Giant Has a Posse’, with images sourced from the tabloid publication, Weekly World News. He uses images from popular culture to hold up a mirror to the way his audience thinks, feels and consumes. Along with his partners Dave Kinsey and Philip DeWolff, he is a founder member of the BLK/MRKT Inc design studio, that supplies guerrilla marketing for organisations as diverse as Pepsi, Mozilla and Hasbro. He’s had exhibitions at several notable galleries, including: The National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One of his most renowned works is a poster he produced for Barak Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign with the word ‘Hope’ emblazoned on it.