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...work stems from a desire to make people think harder about the authority figures to which they submit and the systems in which they operate. “People tend to follow the path of least resistance,” Fairey says. “‘Obey?? is offensive to their sense of independence. It makes them question...
...Boston was the first city Fairey bombed (“to paint, sticker or post many surfaces in one area” according to the ICA’s “OBEY?? brochure) while an undergraduate at the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 90s. His work was also brought onto the Harvard campus two years ago by Susan Dackerman, curator of prints at the Fogg Art Museum, in conjunction with the show “Dissent!,” which focused on the use of printing to express protest and subversive messages. Though none...
...number of these longtime fans now accuse Fairey of selling out as they feel less and less a part of a unique phenomenon. Over the course of the last 20 years, Fairey’s experiment has grown into Obey??a large company based out of Los Angeles that comprises a clothing line and a design studio. The clothing line has become more mainstream (it’s being sold locally in Urban Outfitters), and his design studio, Studio Number One, has contributed to advertising campaigns for Saks Fifth Avenue and Toyota. For these disenfranchised fans, Obey...
...bird’ or ‘machine.’ Just let me know the correct name, and I’ll make the change.” But a few artists seem to be manipulating their own obscurity. A more famous example is the “OBEY?? campaign, originated by designer Shepard Fairey, whose posters and stencils spawned an underground cult that gave way to a lucrative market for clothing and apparel bearing the label.Today, the most visible statement from the world of street art is political. Updates on Streetsy and elsewhere frequently show...
...past two weeks, Ragula and Obey met with White House and Senate education leaders to negotiate a larger Pell allotment, said David P. Sirota, Obey??s press secretary. He said Obey threatened a “serious stalemate” over the appropriation measure if a larger increase was not granted...
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