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It's pretty amazing that the artist that helped President Obama get elected is now using his own iconic design to appeal to the President on behalf of the #Occupy movement. (via tumblr.thedailywh.at)
Check out the new Death Cab For Cutie music video for their track “Home Is A Fire”. The video was conceived by “Obey the Giant” founder/street artist Shepard Fairey. (Via officialhype)
Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, and graphic designer who made that one Obama poster, and …I think he's Banksy.
“Black Swan” mashed up with Shepard Fairey. Alternately, I would kill to see Andre the Giant in a tutu.
Culture Buzz From Banksy to Faile, many artists have created a whole new genre of art based on wheat pasting and stenciling. Their art has been seen all over the world and here in New York, many have their focus on downtown Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Take a look at the best of the best.
1st step in promoting a mockumentary about celebrity culture: Build up your hipster cred. 2nd step: Burn it to the ground.
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Who is the bigger intellectual property asshole? Evan Roth created hand painted canvases of Shepard Fairy's Obama Hope poster, and Mannie Garcia's Associated Press photograph and put them for sale on his website. Whoever sends a cease and desist first wins!
Politics Buzz Shepard Fairey's five-foot tall “Hope” portrait is headed to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, to be hung Inauguration Day. They won't reveal how much they paid for it, which means it cost approximately a butt-load.
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A fun Photo Booth plugin allows you to Obamafy yourself (or your pet) in the style of Shepard Fairey. The effect makes an otherwise horrific Photo Booth photo somewhat flattering—it's like an airbrush of hope. (Via Peter W. Knox)
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