Love it or hate it, Shepard Fairey’s bold graphic style with its limited colour-palette and appropriated pop culture imagery, is immediately recognizable and much-imitated.
In this interesting short film by Brett Novak, the Los Angeles-based artist talks openly about his work, influences, and, yes, the Obama ‘Hope’ poster:
An exhibition of new work by Fairey is currently on display — alongside prints by the artist Jasper Johns — at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in the Fairey’s home town of Charleston, South Carolina.