Art
Shepard Fairey
- Item Number
- 121
- Estimated Value
- 3000 USD
- Sold
- 2966 USD to ac931e6ac
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
Artist: Shepard Fairey
Title: A Delicate Balance, 2015
Edition AP
Silkscreen on Wood Panel
18 x 24
About the Artist: Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (OBEY) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), which appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News.
He became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
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