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52-895: The 33,150-square-foot building was completed in 2011. It was designed by architects Steve Johnson and James Favaro, with murals by Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf . It won the City Livability Award from the United States Conference of Mayors in 2012. The library collection includes LGBT fiction and non-fiction. It is the meeting place of the Lambda Literary Book Club, an LGBT-themed book club . There are also books in Spanish and Russian . 34°04′55″N 118°23′02″W  /  34.0819°N 118.3839°W  / 34.0819; -118.3839 This article relating to library science or information science

104-713: A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from RISD. Fairey created the " Andre the Giant Has a Posse " sticker campaign in 1989, while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). This later evolved into the "Obey Giant" campaign, which has grown via an international network of collaborators replicating Fairey's original designs. Fairey intended the Obey Giant to inspire curiosity and cause people to question their relationship with their surroundings. According to

156-534: A Boston Police Department spokesman said. His arrest was announced to party goers by longtime friend Z-Trip who had been performing at the ICA premiere at Shepard Fairey's request. On April 27, 2009, Fairey put three signed copies of his Obama inauguration posters up on eBay , with the proceeds of the auction going to the One Love For Chi foundation, founded by the family of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng following

208-484: A $ 25,000 fine. In 2009, Fairey's Obama portrait was featured in the book Art For Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change , which Fairey also edited. In his December 8, 2010, appearance on The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert asked Fairey how he felt about having done the "HOPE" portrait of Obama and how "that hope was working out for him now?" to which Fairey replied: "You know, I'm proud of it as

260-547: A Person of the Year for 2008 by GQ . In October 2008, Fairey created a small edition of serigraphs entitled Obama Hope Gold (from Artists for Obama) . This portfolio was produced through a partnership between Gemini G.E.L. printing studio and the Democratic National Committee. The project supported the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. The Gold serigraphs were released just after Obama’s inauguration, and are

312-581: A car accident in November 2008 that nearly claimed Cheng's life. Fairey's first art museum exhibition, titled Supply & Demand (as was his earlier book), was held in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art during the summer of 2009. The exhibition featured more than 250 works in a wide variety of media: screen prints, stencils, stickers, rubylith illustrations, collages, and works on wood, metal and canvas. As

364-455: A complement to the ICA exhibition, Fairey created public art works around Boston. The artist explains his driving motivation: "The real message behind most of my work is 'question everything'." In 2011, Time Magazine commissioned Fairey to design its cover to honor "The Protester" as Person of the Year in the wake of the Arab Spring , Occupy Wall Street and other social movements around

416-510: A desire for "a healthy planet, for corporate accountability, toward equality and away from racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia, for equitable access to opportunity, for full access to the medical care we want or need, for fair and just immigration policies." Like his previous work on the Barack Obama HOPE poster, he was not paid to create this work. In the early 2000s, Fairey began donating to organizations such as Chiapas Relief Fund,

468-634: A free download, was featured on the cover of the spring 2009 edition of Dog’s Life magazine. In 2014, Fairey painted a towering mural, 9 stories high, paying tribute to Nelson Mandela and the 25th anniversary of the Purple Rain Protest . It is a public artwork on Juta Street in Braamfontein , Johannesburg , overlooking the Nelson Mandela Bridge . The mural is Fairey's first work in Africa and

520-409: A mutt version of the red, white, and blue poster, donating it to help support pet adoptions, from an image of a rescued shaggy dog taken by photographer Clay Myers . Four hundred limited edition prints were offered by Adopt-A-Pet.com, a nonprofit organization that helps shelters, humane societies and rescue groups advertise their homeless pets to potential adopters. The poster, which was also offered as

572-752: A number of its slogans, including the "Obey" slogan, as well as the "This is Your God" slogan. Fairey has spun off the OBEY clothing line from the original sticker campaign. He also uses the slogan " The Medium is the Message " borrowed from Marshall McLuhan . Shepard Fairey has stated in an interview that part of his work is inspired by other street artists. After graduation, he founded a small printing business in Providence , Rhode Island, called Alternate Graphics, specializing in T-shirt and sticker silkscreens, which afforded Fairey

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624-447: A piece of grassroots activism , but I'll just leave it at that". In an interview with Esquire in 2015, Fairey said that Obama had not lived up to his expectations, "not even close". He continued, "Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]." Fairey created

676-585: A series of posters supporting Barack Obama 's 2008 candidacy for President of the United States, including the iconic "HOPE" portrait . The New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl called the poster "the most efficacious American political illustration since ' Uncle Sam Wants You '". Fairey also created an exclusive design for Rock the Vote . Because the Hope poster had been "perpetuated illegally" and independently by

728-406: A similar but new image of Barack Obama for Time magazine , which was used as the cover art for the 2008 Person of the Year issue. The original iconic "HOPE" portrait was featured on the cover of Esquire Magazine 's February 2009 issue, this time with a caption reading, "WHAT NOW?" Shepard Fairey's influence throughout the presidential election was a factor in the artist himself having been named

780-534: A warehouse exhibition in Alexandria, Sydney, for Semi-Permanent in 2003. Approximately 1,500 people attended. In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of " anti-war , anti- Bush " posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective "Post Gen". "Be the Revolution" kicked off with a night of performances featuring Z-Trip , Ozomatli and David J at

832-401: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a California building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shepard Fairey Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist , activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989, he designed the " Andre

884-608: Is a doctor, and his mother, Charlotte, a realtor . He attended Porter-Gaud School in Charleston and transferred to high school at Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California , from which he graduated in 1988. Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts. He moved to Rhode Island in 1988 to attend the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1992, he earned

936-493: Is seen by many as a sequel to the iconic Barack Obama HOPE poster . "It is a huge exclamation point downtown..." said Patrick Gaspard , American Ambassador to South Africa, which makes us remember the entire liberation struggle and the remarkably peaceful transition to freedom Nelson Mandela achieved. Fairey created an adaptation of the Obama HOPE poster for satirical Kentucky politician Honest Gil Fulbright. Frank L. Ridley ,

988-641: The ACLU , Feeding America , and the Art of Elysium. Following the Obama campaign, Fairey donated proceeds from these poster sales to the ACLU and Feeding America. In September 2010, Fairey created a poster for the ACLU with actress Olivia Wilde as the Statue of Liberty holding a megaphone and a clipboard, the ACLU's weapons of choice. The Obey Awareness Program, operated by Obey Clothing ,

1040-619: The Magda Danysz Gallery , and was a resident artist at the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House (formerly known as The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu). Also in 2005, Fairey contributed the artwork for the posters, cover art, and graphics for Walk The Line the Johnny Cash biopic. In 2006, Fairey contributed eight vinyl etchings to a limited-edition series of 12" singles by post-punk band Mission of Burma and has also done work for

1092-928: The Museum of Modern Art in New York City ; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ; the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. ; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond ; and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London . His style has been described as a "bold iconic style that is based on styling and idealizing images." Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston , South Carolina. His father, Strait Fairey,

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1144-602: The Surfrider Foundation , Urban Roots, the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge and more also received donations. The latest Obey Awareness T-shirts benefitted the Go Campaign, an organization that improves the lives of orphans and vulnerable children around the world by partnering with local heroes to deliver local solutions. Manifesto A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of

1196-523: The 1997 Sundance Film Festival . It has been seen in more than 70 festivals and museums internationally. "From the late ’90s until about 2001," writes Ken Leighton in The San Diego Reader , Fairey lived in East Village, San Diego , where, according to a friend quoted in the article, he co-founded a "guerrilla marketing company called Black Market Design." According to John Goff, a former member of

1248-549: The Avalon in Hollywood. Fairey also co-founded Swindle Magazine along with Roger Gastman. In 2005, he collaborated for a second time with Z-Trip on a limited edition 12-inch featuring Chuck D entitled "Shock and Awe". In 2005 Fairey also collaborated with DJ Shadow on a box set, with T-shirts, stickers, prints, and a mix CD by Shadow. In 2005 he showed abroad, for instance in Paris at

1300-559: The Giant Has a Posse " (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Fairey designed the Barack Obama "Hope" poster for the 2008 U.S. presidential election . The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston , has described him as one of the best known and most influential street artists . His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian ; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ;

1352-575: The Jacob Lewis Gallery presented Shepard Fairey's exhibition "On Our Hands", his first solo opening in New York City in five years. The paintings reflect on contemporary issues facing our global community: political corruption, environmental apathy and abuse of power. The exhibition coincides with Fairey's new monograph Covert to Overt, published by Rizzoli. Life Is Beautiful Fremont East District, Las Vegas Mural Project 2016. Fairey created

1404-433: The Obey Giant website, "The sticker has no meaning but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker". The website also says, by contrast, that those who are familiar with the sticker find humor and enjoyment from it and that those who try to analyze its meaning only burden themselves and may condemn the art as an act of vandalism from an evil, underground cult. Originally intending

1456-696: The San Diego–based "tribal post-punk" industrial-noise performance art band Crash Worship, Fairey began appropriating the Russian Constructivist style utilized in Soviet-era propaganda during his time in San Diego. "'I think he became an art icon when he started focusing on Communist imagery,' Goff says. 'He was still in San Diego then. I first met him when he was working above Hooter’s in the Gaslamp.'" Fairey

1508-478: The ability to continue pursuing his own artwork. While residing in Providence in 1994, Fairey met American filmmaker Helen Stickler , who had also attended RISD and graduated with a film degree. The following spring, Stickler completed a short documentary film about Shepard and his work, titled " Andre the Giant Has a Posse ". The film premiered in the 1995 New York Underground Film Festival and went on to play at

1560-557: The actor who portrays Fulbright, is featured on the poster, along with the word "SOLD", which refers to Fulbright's "honest" political message: " I'm only in this thing for the money, but at least I'm honest about it. " As a tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks , Fairey created a poster representing Marianne , the French national icon, surrounded by the national motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité . In June 2016, this design

1612-614: The album benefit non-profit organization Iraq Veterans Against the War . In 2008, Fairey teamed up again with Z-Trip to do a series of shows in support of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama entitled Party For Change . Fairey also designed posters for the British goth band Bauhaus . In September 2008, Shepard opened his solo show titled "Duality of Humanity" at White Walls & Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. His third solo show with

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1664-573: The campaign, funding his grassroots electioneering through poster and fine art sales. "I just put all that money back into making more stuff, so I didn't keep any of the Obama money", explained Fairey in December 2009. In February 2008, Fairey received a letter of thanks from Obama for his contribution to the campaign. The letter stated: I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can change

1716-485: The cover work for The Black Eyed Peas ' album Monkey Business and the poster for the film Walk the Line . Fairey has also designed the covers for The Smashing Pumpkins ' album Zeitgeist , Flogging Molly 's CD/DVD Whiskey on a Sunday , Led Zeppelin 's compilation Mothership and movie Celebration Day , and Anthrax 's The Greater Of Two Evils . Along with Banksy , Dmote, and others, Fairey created work at

1768-468: The face of Marianne. Fairey reacted to the act by declaring his support for all who protest against injustice and that he understood the goals of the action. This series was made during the 2016 presidential campaign as a protest on Donald Trump 's declarations and policies. This work aims to promote gender equality and fights discrimination against minorities. This work stands out to many as it provokes people to respect their common humanity. The title of

1820-545: The fact. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein urged a settlement, stating that AP would win the case. The AP and Shepard Fairey settled out of court in January 2011. In 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty to one count of criminal contempt of court for his destruction of evidence and submission of false images to the court, and was sentenced by U.S. magistrate judge Frank Maas of the Southern District of New York to two years' probation and

1872-480: The gallery featured one hundred and fifty works, including the largest collection of canvases pieces in one show that he's done. Fairey was arrested on February 7, 2009, on his way to the premiere of his show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston , Massachusetts, on two outstanding warrants related to graffiti . He was charged with damage to property for having postered two Boston area locations with graffiti,

1924-484: The issuer, be it an individual, group, political party , or government. A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus , but many prominent manifestos—such as The Communist Manifesto (1848) and those of various artistic movements —reject accepted knowledge in favor of a new idea. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds or confessions of faith . The Italian word manifesto , itself derived from

1976-517: The musical group Interpol . In 2006, Fairey joined NYC based Ad agency Project 2050 as founding Creative Director and was featured on the cover of Advertising Age magazine. While at Project 2050 Shepard developed creative work for Virgin Mega Store and Boost Mobile. The book Supply and Demand: The Art of Shepard Fairey was released in 2006. In 2008, Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989–2008) , edited by Sarah Jaye Williams,

2028-570: The poster was based on an Associated Press photograph by freelance photographer Mannie Garcia . Fairey subsequently filed suit in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Associated Press, seeking a declaratory judgment that his use of the AP photograph was protected by the fair use doctrine. Fairey subsequently admitted that he had based the poster on the AP photograph and had fabricated and destroyed evidence to hide

2080-513: The sociological forces at work surrounding the use of public space and the insertion of a very eye-catching but ambiguous image, I began to think there was the potential to create a phenomenon. In a manifesto he wrote in 1990 to 1991, and since posted on his website, he links his work with Heidegger 's concept of phenomenology . His "Obey" Campaign is from the John Carpenter movie They Live which starred pro wrestler Roddy Piper , taking

2132-409: The status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.– Barack Obama, February 22, 2008 On November 5, 2008, Chicago posted banners throughout the downtown business district featuring Fairey's Obama "HOPE" portrait. Fairey created

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2184-400: The sticker campaign to gain fame among his classmates and college peers, Fairey says: At first I was only thinking about the response from my clique of art school and skateboard friends. The fact that a larger segment of the public would not only notice, but investigate, the unexplained appearance of the stickers was something I had not contemplated. When I started to see reactions and consider

2236-429: The street artist, the Obama campaign declined to have any direct affiliation with it. Although the campaign officially disavowed any involvement in the creation or popularization of the poster, Fairey has commented in interviews that he was in communication with campaign officials during the period immediately following the poster's release. Fairey has stated that the original version featured the word "PROGRESS" instead of

2288-602: The third and final edition of Fairey’s Hope prints of the president. The edition was released shortly after the Inauguration. An example of this work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In January 2009, the "HOPE" portrait was acquired by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery and made part of its permanent collection. It was unveiled and put on display on January 17, 2009. Also in January 2009, photographer and blogger Tom Gralish discovered that

2340-415: The word "HOPE", and that within weeks of its release, the campaign requested that he issue (and legally disseminate) a new version, keeping the powerful image of Obama's face but captioning it with the word "HOPE". The campaign openly embraced the revised poster along with two additional Fairey posters that featured the words "CHANGE" and "VOTE". Fairey distributed 300,000 stickers and 500,000 posters during

2392-504: The work comes from a line in the Constitution and features portraits of Native Americans, African Americans, Muslims, and Latinas, aiming to defend their dignity. This work is a mural for Urban Nation in Berlin, Germany. The street art was created in 2014 by Fairey. The work became a motto for street artists and demonstrated Fairey's political support for anti-war movements and peace. The work

2444-504: The world. This was Fairey's second Person of the Year cover for Time , his first being of Barack Obama in 2008. In January 2015, Shepard Fairey made a cameo appearance on Portlandia . In July 2015, Fairey was arrested and detained at Los Angeles International Airport , after passing through customs, on a warrant for allegedly vandalizing 14 buildings in Detroit . He subsequently turned himself in to Detroit Police. On September 17, 2015,

2496-538: Was a founding partner, along with Dave Kinsey and Phillip DeWolff, of the design studio BLK/MRKT Inc. from 1997 to 2003, which specialized in guerrilla marketing , and "the development of high-impact marketing campaigns". Clients included Pepsi , Hasbro and Netscape (for whom Fairey designed the red dinosaur version of mozilla.org 's logo and mascot ). In 2003, he founded the Studio Number One design agency with his wife, Amanda Fairey. The agency produced

2548-570: Was founded in 2007 as an extension of Fairey's humanitarian efforts. This program allows Fairey to support causes he believes in by selling specially designed merchandise and donating 100% of the profits raised to handpicked organizations and their causes. Past non-profit organizations benefiting from this program include Hope for Darfur, 11th Hour Action, Feed America, earthquake relief in Haiti, Dark Wave / Rising Sun for Japan relief, and Adopt-a-Pet.com . Environmentally related non-profit organizations such as

2600-423: Was made like traditional street art with spray paint and features many of Fairey's motifs and symbols from other works. This repetition includes the black and red cartoon-like style with repetition of symbols such as roses. Fairey created a poster supporting Kamala Harris ' 2024 candidacy for President of the United States . Writing on Instagram, he said, "We have a very real opportunity to move forward," citing

2652-431: Was painted as a mural on 186 rue Nationale, Paris. Fairey made a gift of the poster to Emmanuel Macron , who hung it in his office upon assuming the presidency of France. In the night of the 13th December 2020, an anonymous group tagged over the mural in an act of protest against the state. The motto was crossed out with white paint and replaced by the tag Marianne pleure (Marianne cries), and red tears were added to

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2704-536: Was published by Nerve Books UK, and praised by Fairey. In June 2007, Fairey opened his one-man show entitled "E Pluribus Venom", at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. The show made the arts section front page in the New York Times . Fairey donated original cover art to the 2008 album Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran , produced for Iraq War documentary Body of War . Proceeds from

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