It’s another early morning here and while flipping through Google’s endless lists of modern and contemporary artists, what should I come across but the ad for Obama’s election. And guess who did it? He goes by the name of Shepard Fairey, a wheat print artist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. in illustration and chose to take his talents to the street. Fairey is credited for creating the Obey sign that features Andre the Giant before a popular wrestling match in the 1990s. A friend asked him how his wheat process worked so Fairey grabbed the nearest newspaper, demonstrated with Andre’s face, and, seemingly, a new style was born.
(1992)
Wheat printing is the process by which art is plastered onto city walls using a water and wheat mixture, similar to wall-paper paste. Fairey’s works were plastered around city walls and gave him something of a street artist reputation. His official criminal record is ornamented with many arrests for graffiti, little to his enjoyment. Fairey’s most recent work is HOPE, the 2008 ad campaign which was adopted by Obama.
(2008)
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