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Peace Fingers (Gold) by Shepard Fairey

Peace Fingers (Gold) by Shepard Fairey

Baldwin Contemporary

Wood Sculpture

2024

Edition Size: 250

Dimensions: H 30.48 cm

Signed

Condition: Excellent

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Peace Fingers (Gold)

By Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, graphic designer, and activist born on February 15, 1970, in Charleston, South Carolina. He gained prominence in 1989 with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, which evolved into the “OBEY Giant” project, challenging viewers to question their surroundings and the influence of corporate advertising. Fairey later became internationally recognized for his 2008 “HOPE” poster of Barack Obama, a powerful image that became a symbol of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and was widely reproduced.

2024

Sculpture – Debossed Epoxy Resin

H 30.48 cm

Edition size :250

Signed

£2,000.00

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.

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