Fairey-isms
Hardcover
- Price:
- $16.95/拢12.99
- ISBN:
- Published:
- May 6, 2025
- Copyright:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 168
- Size:
- 4.25 x 5.25 in.
- 2 b/w illus.
Shepard Fairey is one of today鈥檚 most important and influential street artists, activists, and graphic designers. His instantly recognizable designs鈥斺淎ndr茅 the Giant has a Posse,鈥 鈥淥bey Giant,鈥 the Obama 鈥淗ope鈥 poster, and the 鈥淲e the People鈥 posters for the 2017 Women鈥檚 March鈥攈ave become an indelible part of visual culture, appearing in countless media, including stickers, stencils, prints, T-shirts, album covers, murals, and fine art. Fairey-isms is a compelling collection of quotations from this fascinating artist. Gathered from interviews, articles, and other sources, these quotations offer rich insights about his life and work, including his thoughts on art, creativity, politics, and propaganda and his reflections on his influences鈥攆rom skateboarding, The Clash, and Public Enemy to Russian Constructivism and artists such as Futura, Barbara Kruger, and Andy Warhol.
- 鈥淚 use the word 鈥極bey鈥 in much of my art as a form of reverse psychology. Though most people wish they were independent, many obediently follow the path of least resistance and are uncomfortable with confronting the word 鈥極bey.鈥欌
- 鈥淎ny message that鈥檚 worth delivering can be amplified with art.鈥
- 鈥淚 called my work propaganda out of an understanding that there鈥檚 an irony, because every piece of visual communication has an agenda. Any of it could be called propaganda.鈥
- 鈥淩epetition works.鈥