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pacifist poster inspired by the US-Iraq war 

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For sure, Shepard Fairey is involved in politics, but his art also covers many other society issues, such as climate change or war. He built up over 200 projects in total !

During his career, the artist has been used to paint recurent topics such as self-empowerment, rebellion, abuse of power, environmental destruction, racism, gender inequality, xenophobia, campaign finance reform, the military-industrial complex, propaganda, war and peace, and economic imperialism.

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Shepard leads many successful solo and group projects and exhibitions around the world.

As we said, Street art allows the artist to expose his involvement to everyone. Poor or rich, cultivated person or not. It enables him to interact indirectly with his public and to disseminates easily his ideas among population, and all around the world !

For exemple in paris, after the attacks of 2015, the artist created a poster depicting Marianne, the french national icon, surrounded by the french motto Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité and paid an homage to the victims. One year later, he reproduced the image as a mural in the city.

In Roma, in his exhibition « strategies for a revolution », he selected a series of unseen works touching the most important topic of his career between underground culture and political activism ; power in war. Assisted by colours and technics, S F represents it in all his facets and meanings, both as a form of political tyranny and as a drive able to guide the masses away from their oppressors.

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Even beeing from an economically comfortable family; his father is, for the record, a doctor; he choses art over everything else. And with some recoil over his career, he was right !

At first, Shepard Fairey chose to live his life as an artist because it was the only career he was confident enough to drop into. So he started as a street artist, even if at the very beginning he used to "sell for free" his artworks which were mostly skateboard stickers. At this time of his life he was technically a criminal. But at some point, he dropped into politics, which threw him to the top of his fame at the time. Then, his fame, obviously, helped him a lot in his career, and he started to make profit out of graphic design, and even ended up launching his brand, OBEY.

From the bottom, to the top.

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Shepard leads many successful solo and group projects and exhibitions around the world.

As we said, Street art allows the artist to expose his involvement to everyone. Poor as rich, cultured person or not. It makes him interact indirectly with his public and disseminates easily his ideas among population, and this all around the world !

For exemple in paris, after the 2015 attacks, the artist created a poster depicting Marianne, the french national icon, surrounded by the french motto Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité and paid an homage to the victims. One year later, he reproduced the image as a mural in the city.

In Roma, in his exhibition « strategies for a revolution », he selected a series of unseen works tuching the most important topic of his career between underground culture and political activism ; power in war. Helps by colours and technics, Shpard Fairey represents it in all his facets and meanings, both as a form of political tyranny and as a drive able of guide the masses from their oppressors.

Nowadays, Shepard Fairey's art is know all around the world as a symbole of modernity and resistance.

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- He was born in the 70s !

- Before being famous he had to drop into the business : he first made stickers for skateboards and T-shirts !

- He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree !

- He got involved in Barack Obama's presidential campaign !

- He launched his own brand : OBEY !

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Barack Obama's presidential campaign poster

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- Shepard Fairey is a comitted artist, he feels the need to express his thoughts, and fund the way to do it through his art !

- The artworks he made for Obama's presidential campaign are considered as "the most beautiful political illustration in American history", second in importance only to that of “Uncle Sam” !

- His work for Barack Obama received the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award in 2009 !

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Fairey's work, a medium for american citizens

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Fairey's work, a medium for american citizens

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"We the people", one of his many projects, is especially focused on the people, which makes sense. And in this project he especially puts the accent on diversity and citizenship, which makes his project a project both for and about Amercian citizens.