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“Shepard Fairey” is a very famous graphic artist, muralist, and overall artist. He was born on February 15, 1970 and rised in South Carolina in the United States.Shepard Fairey born and raised in South Carolina (USA), he had a passion about drawing and painting since he was a little kid.

One of the first images he ever used was that of Andre the Giant. Shepard Fairey found this image in a newspaper ad and he chose to introduce it to the streets.

His most famous art includes images of Andre the Giant, the Obey trademark, as well as the propaganda poster of Barack Obama. In 2008 Shepard Fairey used the Obama image to design Time Magazine’s Person of the Year cover.

The Obama HOPE poster gave him a popularity and notoriety.

Shepard Fairey currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California in the United States.

His art evolution :

Shepard Fairey felt in love with art at a really young age. First he painted on t-shirts. As he grew up, he made several street arts and campaing with his famous signature "Obey".

Nowadays he has became famous all around the world, thanks to his determination, hard work and his dedicated work ethic.

He makes collabs with big brands like "Pepsi" and that's one of his income.

But his succes olso came from he tacticts as "Guerrilla tactics" and by sharing his art for free, which enabled to target his audience.

So, he has became a "entrepreneur", he started with street art and now he works with big campaing,

That's how his art evolved.

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Fairey created a series of posters supporting Barack Obama's 2008 candidacy for President of the United States, including the iconic "HOPE" portrait. This poster called "HOPE" was made by artist Shepard Fairey in 2008. It was made for Barak Obama's election campaign in the United States.

The New Yorker art critic  called the poster "the most efficacious American political illustration since 'Uncle Sam Wants You'".  Although the campaign officially disavowed any involvement in the creation or popularization of the poster, Fairey has commented in interviews that he was in communication with campaign officials during the period immediately following the poster's release.

Fact : Fairey distributed 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during the campaign.

In February 2008, Fairey received a letter of thanks from Obama for his contribution to the campaign. The letter stated:

I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.– Barack Obama, February 22, 2008.

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"We the people" is a campaign created by Shepard Fairey, in order to denounce racism by illustrating the portrait of 3  women with different cultures and religion beliefs.

As his definition of art expresses it, he wants to make people aware, change americains citizent mentalities and show that "unity" is grater than fear.

So his art helps people to express their beliefs and make people aware of the reality and aware of the societal issues.

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Obey was founded on the art , design of Shepard Fairey. This started with an absurd sticker he created in 1989 while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design .

He created the “André The Giant” movement, creating posters, stickers that represent the French catcher André Roussimoff.

He created the clothing brand that became famous in the skateboard community, and in other communities. The clothing brand, according to the official website, dates from 1995.

Has a Posse campaign, featuring with famous companies and celebrities he's logi became known all over the world.

A redesigned OBEY Giant sticker became the icon of OBEY Clothing which now fuses classic military looks with an ever-changing but consistently politically provocative philosophy.

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Guided tour of the museum, click here !

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Guided tour of the museum, click here !