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Shepard Fairey from Posters to Paperbacks

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
There were days when you could pick up a Shepard Fairey signed, handscreened print and have change from $100.  Good change too.  You could probably buy a beer and a paperback with the change.

Sometime about six or eight months ago (and we blame Banksy) Fairey's popularity reached critital mass.  His art aint for the kids anymore.  You have to have a real job to afford to collect his pieces.  If you can get them that is.

And despite the is-he-a-sell-out-or-isn't-he debates, I reckon he can still design like a true propogandist.  And how.

His designs for Penguin are right on the money.  And his red and black symbolic language couldn't work better.

Five star!

Reader comments (4)

SS71 Royalty SS71 ON 21 May 2008 12:43:07PM Why does doing commercial work auotmatically make someone a sellout? If you read these classics for the first time because you like Fairey's cover, then how great is that? Beats reading Perez Hilton.

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gypsy New citizen gypsy ON 21 May 2008 01:17:16PM damn that banksy! they're all just too too talented.. i know i love them. nice article. x

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gypsy New citizen gypsy ON 21 May 2008 01:17:53PM my misfits skull only left one star.. but i meant to say 5

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HaggisBrain66 New citizen HaggisBrain66 ON 22 May 2008 01:16:54AM kids in the future will collect these from op shops... mark my words "check it out "retro" " reading is cool- no sell out on this one

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paintergirl - Gemma Jones is a pop art painter, curator at Outré Gallery and founder of the renegade Melbourne craft group - the Kaotic Kraft Kuties. She blogs about art, craft and the creative moments in everyday life.

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Gemma Jones is a pop art painter, curator at Outré Gallery and founder of the renegade Melbourne craft group - the Kaotic Kraft Kuties. She blogs about art, craft and the creative moments in everyday life.