shepard fairey 3 decades of dissent

By (author) Wunderkammern Gallery , Text by Shepard Fairey , Text by Maria Vittoria , Text by Marini Clarelli , Text by Claudio Crescentini , Text by Federica Pirani , Text by Arianna Angelelli
Format Hardback | 192 pages
Dimensions 240 x 280 x 22.86mm | 1,406.14g
Publication date 20 Apr 2021

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In these pages the artist presents 30 recent unpublished graphic works (2019), which retrace 30 years of activity through his most famous icons: many social and political themes that inspired his production, from the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.