Obama Hope, Version 1, 2008
Medium: Mixed Media (Stencil, Silkscreen, and Collage) on Canvas
Dimensions: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm)
This poster by Shepard Fairey was created to represent Obama 20008 presidential campaign. The image features Barrack Obama and the word “hope” on the bottom of the image with red, blue, and beige colors that highlights patriotism. Obamas facial expression indicates him gazing upon a future, showing that he is confident and will make a positive impact. Fairey stated that the purpose for creating this political piece came from the impression that “Obama’s power and sincerity as a speaker would create a positive association with his likeness.” The poster gained a lot of attention from the media and had become one of the most widely recognized symbols of Obama’s campaign.
War by Numbers , 2008
Medium: Offset lithograph
DImensions: 36 × 24 in, 91.4 × 61 cm
Edition of 750
War by Numbers shows a illustration of a little girl surrounded by the dangers of war. In her hand is a grenade with a red rose and warplanes hovering in the background. This work is Fairey’s call to action against society’s justification of killing foreign innocent children, and people to protect our idea of freedom and democracy.
MAKE ART NOT WAR
Medium: Offset Print
Dimensions: 30 inches x 41 inches
Edition of 89
“Make art not war” uses a Art Nouveau style influenced by the hippie and psychedelic art of the ‘60s. The print was created during the Iraq war, and the phrase was inspired by 1960s anti-war mantra. In this work Fairey is trying to emphasize the need to for the society to focus on advocating for peace and support the antiwar movement.
My Florist is a Dick, 2019
Medium: HPM, Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper
Dimensions: 30 × 41 in, 76.2 × 104.1 cm
Edition 8/19
My Florist is Dick silkscreen represents Fairey’s voice on police brutality and how the system remains blind to the abuse of public authority. The piece also reflects on Fairey’s experience with police brutality when he was arrested for putting art in a public space. “My Florist is a Dick” refers to how cops are just assholes who abuse there power without any consequences
We the People, (three works), 2017
Medium: 36 × 24 in
Dimensions: 91.4 × 61 cm
Fairey designed a series of posters to protest against President Donald Trump during his day of inauguration. The series of poster shows Native Americans, Muslims, African Americans, and Latinas. “We the people” is trademark that Fairey uses to remind us that Americans don’t just come from one race; our country identity was formed by immigrants.
Love Is The Drug, 2012
Medium: Mixed Media (Stencil, Silkscreen, and Collage) on Canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 41 in. (76.2 x 104.1 cm)
Love is The Drug print s inspired by the song from the artist Roxy Music and expresses Shepard Fairey’s idea of how people are often seduced by anger and power. This artwork also represents how people fall Iove in with toxic energy and is a ticking time bomb9or should I say grenade) that will end up blowing up in their face.
Earth Crisis Drop, 2017
Medium: Speckeltone paper
Dimensions: 25 1/5 × 16 1/10 in, 64 × 41 cm
Edition of 450
Earth Crisis Drop is another piece from Fairey’s Earth Crisis collection that address the environmental crisis going on in the world. The Earth Crisis Drop shows the earth covered in a plastic bag with a tower underneath burning the plastic. Burning plastic is very damaging to the environment because of the dioxin it releases in the air and can be harmful for humans and animals. Fairey is trying to bring awareness of the
how plastic is bad for the environment and is an outgoing crisis that shouldn’t be ignored.
GLOBAL WARMING LETTERPRESS, June 30, 2016
Medium: Print
Dimensions: 16.75 inches by 13.75 inches
Edition of 450
Global warming letterpress is a print of a woman covering her face with a newspaper addressing the environmental crisis of the planet. The headline of the newspaper says, “Are we betraying the planet” and talks about the damaging effects of global warming. This print is apart of Fairey’s Earth Crisis collection that brings attention to the issues of climate change. He uses an aqua tone in the print to send a message that we need a clean air, water, and vegetation to maintain the health of the planet. The woman covering her face with the newspaper represents how the media and the government are blind to the problems of climate change and refuse to take it seriously.
