Shepard Fairey - Unoriginal Sins

PUBLIC ENEMY. 2008. ONE OF 400, SIGNED BY OBEY, GLEN FRIEDMAN AND CHUCK D.

paul robertson — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:42:19 +0000

San Francisco: Obey Giant, 2008

45 x 60cm, two colour silkscreen based on an original photograph by Glen Friedman of the rap group Public Enemy and the SiWs outside a subway. The work is one of 400 issued which is signed and numbered by Shepard Fairey, Glen Friedman and Chuck D (the greatest ever voice in rap).

The work is conservationally framed in wood and glass - which means shipping will require a surcharge. Please contact us for a quote before buying.

creen Print
18 x 24 inches
Edition of 400
July 31, 2008
$80 - Sold Out

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OUR HANDS – OUR FUTURE. 2020. LIMITED EDITION BANDANA.

paul robertson — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:02:48 +0000

NYC: Artist's Band Together, 2020

55 x 55cm, 100% cotton bandana with a design by Shepard Fairey (Obey). Issued as a charity limited edition object multiple in support of musicians during the Covid pandemic. In original black envelope with sticker seal (with artist's name on it). Unopened.

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WINWOOD KITCHEN & BAR BEER MAT. DESIGNED BY OBEY. 2011.

paul robertson — Fri, 08 May 2020 01:21:44 +0000

Miami: Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, 2011
8.7 x 8.7cm, b/w beer mat designed for the bar by Obey (who had also designed the menus and some decor). VG+.

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OBEY RIPPED. 2007. SIGNED BY OBEY.

paul robertson — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:06:12 +0000

LA: Obey Giant, 2007
60 x 45cm, red and black on white paper silkscreen. One of unlimited edition which is signed in pencil and dated 2007 -the image being a reproduced photograph of an Obey paper pasting on a wall that has been torn down in part and damaged. VG.

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OBEY (ANDRE THE GIANT). 2005. SIGNED BY OBEY.

paul robertson — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:56:39 +0000

LA: s.p. (Obey), 2005
94 x 63.5cm, a LARGE red and black offset lithograph. First issue thus of an iconographic work by Obey from 2005 displaying his abstracted version of the wrestler, Andre the Giant's face. Sadly we don't know the print run of this work (do tell us if you know) but it is signed in pencil and dated bottom right. Fine and kept flat.
This copy is on thick paper NOT the thin paper version currently still on offer from Obey (and dated later).

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PROGRESS (VOTE OBAMA) OFFSET LITHOGRAPH – SIGNED ORIGINAL

paul robertson — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:21:38 +0000

NYC: Obey Giant/Obama for America, 2008
90 x 60cm, full colour offset lithographic poster with a design by Shepard Fairey (Obey).
The iconic Obama portrait created by Fairey as the KEY image of the progressive campaign to elect Barack Obama as the 51st President of the United States of America.
The poster could not have been more effective and was perhaps the highpoint of Obey's artistic career as thereafter over-production, ubiquitous parody in all media forms, disputes over copyright and source material including legal actions by those who should know better (unfair but energy sapping) and the slow shift in artistic mores and tastes has meant that in art market terms Fairey's star has wained a little since 2008 (but to be clear this is a view from a market perspective not an aesthetic judgement).
To defend Fairey his work is clearly appropriational in part, and while one can also point to a clear influence from a 1920's graphic design meme (for instance there is a poster for Lang's Metropolis which clearly prefigures the colour schemes and abstractions of the mass produced editioned prints of the 2000s) this misses the point as early urban interventionist works by Obey (based around the distilled and trimmed down image of the face of wrestler Andre the Giant) are part of a deliberate artistic effort to undermine the commercialised daily barrage of images designed to sell products.
We strongly believe Obey will be seen as a major world artist in the future and like many such artists (Warhol, Hirst, Dali) the money making years will not and should not be be held against his years of fine and outstanding agit-prop works (again in a clear constructivist/socialist realism stream of history).
But we digress, this is one of many thousands of the posters distributed by the Obama campaign and Obey and is NOT one of the editioned prints released by Obey - but it is signed by Fairey bottom right after a DJ set during the election. Fine and rare signed.

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STUDIO NUMBER ONE PRINT PACK. 2009. SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION OF 400.

paul robertson — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:09:25 +0000

Los Angeles: Studio One/Subliminal Projects, 2009
Complete portfolio of four separate posters, each 30 x 22.5cm, printed silkscreen in red, light blue and black. the theme being typographic. Each print is signed by the relevant artist. One of a numbered and signed edition of 400. Fine.

PRICE IS FOR THE PORTFOLIO OF FOUR WORKS AS A GROUP

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STEALTH BOMBER (SUB VERSION TWO). 2006. SIGNED BY FAIREY, MINT IN BOX.

paul robertson — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 15:55:32 +0000

Hong Kong: Toy2R, 2006<
25 x 12 x 12cm approx plastic toy model in artist designed printed plastic display box. One of a small if unknown number of such toys created by Fairey as a collectible and went out of print quickly as his popularity grew exponentially (although he has been creating street art for over 20 years now). The box is signed and dated 2006 in silver ink. Now rare.

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OBEY GIANT FOUNTAIN PEN SET.

paul robertson — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:40:59 +0000

N.p.: ACME Studio, N.D.

18 x 8 x 2cm, two part, metal box content of a Obey-designed fountain pen and refill. The pen comes equipped with a medium tip fountain front section. The artist's signature is engraved on the cap band and "ACME" on the clip. Now out of print.

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SWINDLE MAGAZINE. FIRST ANNUAL ICONS ISSUE. 2006.

paul robertson — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:29:30 +0000

Los Angeles: Swindle Magazine (Obey Giant), 20046

28.5 x 23.5cm, 168pp plus pictorial card covers. The first number of this music and arts journal's annual "icons" issue which ran hors series to the main magazine. This number has a cover image of Slash and has a number of articles on Yoko Ono, Hulk Hogan, Twiggy, Chuck Close and others. VG+.

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SWINDLE MAGAZINE NRS 1 – 6. 2004 – 2006.

paul robertson — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:14:13 +0000

Los Angeles: Swindle Magazine (Obey Giant), 2004 - 2006

28.5 x 23.5cm, pagination varies per plus pictorial boards. The first six numbers of this music and arts journal which was created by Shepherd Fairey as a medium for the emerging urban interventionists. The first number has a cover image of Grandmaster Flash by Obey and a width of contributors and illustrators can be found in the later numbers. The 6th number has Paris Hilton as the cover star. Fine and these early numbers are now very scarce.

PRICE IS FOR ALL 6 NUMBERS AS A RUN

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SPONSORSHIP. 2003.

paul robertson — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:57:14 +0000

Huntington Beach: Anthem Books, 2003

28 x 21.8cm, 164pp. Card covers. A collection of theoretical essays on new models of sponsorship in the arts as collated by McGinness in lieu of a exhibition catalogue during his show at BLK/MRKT Gallery in LA - there are essays here from Shepard Fairey, Adam Glickman, Carla McCormack, Jacqui Miller, Steve Powers and Rob Walker and various interviews. At the end are a series of reproduced corporate letters in response to a letter from Amanda Fairey - Energizer Batteries in declining the chance to sponsor the art sent a $1 coupon off future purchases in reply! Go Duracell Bunny! Fine. (Still in print and cheaper at Obey Giant so buy it there - it is listed here for when it is out of print and to allow us to have a complete inventory on the web. Honest of us isn't it - well, we aren't typical dealers!) By the way a very interesting and thought provoking read - you <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> buy it from Obey.<br />

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