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The volume is dedicated to Shepard Fairey (Charleston, 1970), one
of the best known urban art artists in the world. Established under
the pseudonym of OBEY thanks to a successful campaign of stickers
spread in a viral way, depicting the face of wrestling champion
Andre The Giant, the American artist has achieved international
visibility thanks to the portrait of Obama, immortalised in the
iconic 2008 'Hope' poster for his presidential campaign. In these
pages the artist presents 30 recent unpublished graphic works
(2019), which retrace 30 years of activity through his most famous
icons: many social and political themes that inspired his
production, from the struggle for peace and against racial
violence, the defense of human and gender dignity up to environment
protection. The graphics constitute a unique and unrepeatable
concept, designed specifically for the Gallery of Modern Art in
Rome, where they are put in dialogue with important works from the
contemporary art collection of the Capitoline Superintendence,
selected by the artist himself. The volume, with an intervention by
Shepard Fairey and numerous critical texts, is completed by a
biography and bibliographical apparatus. Text in English and
Italian.
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Eleven Spring (Hardcover)
Shepard Fairey, Jr.
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R3,564
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To accompany The Design Museum's opening exhibition, which explores
the anxiety and optimism inherent in contemporary design Fear and
Love, published to accompany the major exhibition that will open
the Design Museum's highly anticipated new home in Kensington,
London, examines the role of design in the twenty-first century. It
proposes that, in a rapidly changing world, design is defined by
both anxiety and optimism. Organized by five key themes - Network,
Empathy, Body, Earth and Periphery - the book explores design's
relationship to emotive issues. Eleven leading figures from across
the spectrum of design provide a wide-ranging set of attitudes to
design in our times: Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation,
OMA, Madeline Gannon, Metahaven, Hussein Chalayan, Neri Oxman,
Christien Meindertsma, Ma Ke, Kenya Hara, Arquitectura Expandida
and Rural Urban Framework.
This collection of over 140 curated posters by the revolutionary
graphic artist Seymour Chwast provides context and insight into not
only his five-decade career, but the poster genre itself. Since
founding Push Pin Studios alongside Milton Glaser and Edward Sorel
in the 1950s, Chwast's posters have been widely celebrated for
their combination of subversive style and strong political satire.
His caustic humor, graphic hand, and visual commentary cleverly
synthesize in a way that is both wry and immediately
understandable. Posters are arranged by type-Causes, Commerce,
Information, Exhibits, and Lectures-rather than chronology, which,
along with the large format, invites readers to engage thematically
with the designs. Commentary on each poster makes this a valuable
resource for students, educators, historians, and all who
appreciate the unique ability of posters to subvert notions of
popular culture, politics, and design at once. Essays by Shepard
Fairey and Steven Heller contextualize Chwast's impact on
20th-century design.
Shepard Fairey s first comprehensive monograph brought back into
print, which chronicles his early art school days, his viral Andre
the Giant has a Posse sticker campaign in the 1990s, the creation
of his enormously successful OBEY apparel brand, and his longtime
role as an activist-street artist.
The politically charged art of Robbie Conal is gnarled, gut
retching, and emotionally laden. Featuring every image in Robbie
Conal's storied poster campaigns, this is the definitive history of
"America's foremost street artist" (Washington Post). A foreword by
Shepard Fairey, American contemporary street artist, graphic
designer, and activist, sets the scene. Conal's satirical posters
of political figures are given richer context as his life story is
insightfully joined with art criticism by expert Daichendt. Today
honored by museums and arts organizations around the world, Conal
hit high speed during the Reagan administration in 1986, when he
began turning his grotesque portraits into street posters. We see
Conal's life come together at a critical moment to attack issues of
censorship, war, social injustice, and the environment.
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Glen E. Friedman - My Rules (Hardcover)
Glen E. Friedman; Contributions by C. R. Stecyk, Shepard Fairey, Chuck D, Henry Rollins
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R1,699
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The definitive monograph of Glen E. Friedman, a pioneer of skate,
punk, and hip-hop photography, including much
never-before-published work. Glen E. Friedman is best known for his
work capturing and promoting rebellion in his portraits of artists
such as Fugazi, Black Flag, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The
Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., and Public Enemy, as
well as classic skateboarding originators such as Tony Alva, Jay
Adams, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta, and a
very young Tony Hawk. Designed in association with celebrated
street and graphic artist Shepard Fairey, this monograph captures
the most important and influential underground heroes of
skateboarding, punk, and hip-hop cultures. My Rules is an
unprecedented window into the three most significant
countercultures of the last quarter of the twentieth century, and
Friedman's photographs define those important movements that he
helped shape. A remarkable chronicle and a primer about the origins
of radical street cultures, My Rules is also a statement of
artistic inspiration for those influenced by these countercultures.
The seminal artist's recent art and poster works, and his
triumphant return to his street-art roots with murals, all in work
never before published. Shepard Fairey rose out of the
skateboarding scene, creating his Andre the Giant Has a Posse
sticker campaign in the late '80s, and has since achieved a
mainstream recognition that most street artists never find.
Fairey's Hope poster, created during Obama's 2008 presidential
campaign, is arguably the most iconic American image since Uncle
Sam. Fairey has become a pop-culture icon himself, though he has
remained true to his street-art roots. OBEY: Covert to Overt
showcases his most recent evolution from works on paper to grander
art installations, cross-cultural artworks, and music/art
collaborations. The book also includes his ubiquitous streetwear
and chronicles his return to public artworks. His signature blend
of politics, street culture, and art makes Fairey unlike any other
subculture/street artist working today. This book showcases the
significant amount of art he has created the last several years:
street murals, mixed-media installations, art/music events,
countless silk screens, and work from his extremely successful OBEY
brand.
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