Soup Can II is the second in a series of four hand printed Soup Cans Iconoclast will be releasing with Obey’s Shepard Fairey.
Measuring 20 x 16 inches and limited to 200 signed and numbered prints, this silkscreen and pencil artwork currently sells for $400, but is destined to become a much more valuable piece in the near future.
Available now from Iconoclast.
Via: hypebeast

09 Jun 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

I seriously can’t take anymore Shepard Fairey news. With that said, here’s some more Shepard Fairey news (albeit this time,  its much less friendly to Shepard and his work).
The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston just launched a solo show of work by poster artist (and semi-official Obama iconographer) Shepard Fairey.
But some in the design community feel the “by” in that first sentence is in question, since many of Fairey’s images are based on preexisting photos and illustrations. And this week the [...]

24 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

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23 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

Good article over at boston.com discussing Shepard Fairey and the history of artists appropriating preexisting work. Its a very timely and poignant article and well worth your time if you have ever found yourself questioning the legitamacy of artwork like Shepard Faireys.
Why would Shepard Fairey, or any other artist, want to copy an image that is already out there and claim it as his own? Why would he think he could get away with it?
Forget, for the moment, the legalities: The laws governing intellectual property rights are, after all, devilishly complex. And [...]

15 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The guys over at the Wooster Collective take a closer look at the recent arrest of Shepard Fairey.
For those who know Shepard Fairey, the news of his arrest in Boston, on the eve of his opening at the ICA, came as a big surprise. We were surprised because for well over a week while Shepard was preparing the exhibition, the biggest show of his life, he was the talk of the town. Shepard was everywhere, from the front page of the arts section of the Boston Globe to a highly publicized [...]

10 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

I swear I’m going to have to give Shepard Fairey his own category soon if he doesn’t stay out of the damn headlines. But all joking aside, this probably isn’t how he wanted to end up in the newspapers today. Probably gives him back a little OG street cred though… 0_o
BOSTON — A street artist famous for his red, white and blue “Hope” posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.
Shepard Fairey was arrested Friday night on his way to [...]

07 Feb 09  /  Art, Campaigns  /  1 Comment  /  Zachary Hayes

05 Feb 09  /  Art  /  No Comments  /  Zachary Hayes

The idiot police are out again, and this time it’s the Associated Press taking on street artist Shepard Fairey. The AP says it owns the copyright to the original image used in Fairey’s iconic HOPE poster (pictured above), and wants credit and compensation.
“The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission,” the AP’s director of media relations, Paul Colford, said in a statement. “AP safeguards its assets and looks at these events on a case-by-case basis. We have [...]

05 Feb 09  /  Art  /  2 Comments  /  Zachary Hayes