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At the heart of the message-driven art scene is nationally renowned fine artist Shepard Fairey, a Charleston native who created the “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. More recently, he designed a patch worn by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
- Childhood
- Early Training
- Mature Period
- Later Developments
- The Legacy of Shepard Fairey
Frank Shepard Fairey was born in conservative Charlestown Carolina, to Charlotte Fairey, an English teacher, and Strait Fairey, a doctor. Known as Shepard since childhood, he was artistic from an early age, but felt constrained by his conventional surroundings. He said: "My mum was head cheerleader my dad was captain of the football team. I went to...
While he was at RISD he began experimenting with sticker stencils, a move that would shape his career. He said: "Drawing wasn't culturally cool. There were no hip art galleries. Teenagers don't care about art galleries so making stencils and stickers was very liberating for me. I felt as if I was if not pushing back, I was at least making my own pa...
Fairey puts his determination and motivation down, in part, to the fact that he is living with type 1 diabetes. Predicting that he will die up to two decades before the average person, he spends more time thinking about the meaning of life. The disease has affected his sight, leaving him needing operations on his eyes and temporary blindness: "It m...
Throughout his career, Fairey has been a committed activist; as well as protesting the Iraq War and supporting Occupy Wall Street, he has advocated gun control and more recently environmental protection. In 2012 he created a portrait of African American teenager Trayvon Martin, and he designed a T-shirt for Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 Democratic ...
Fairey's Street Artadorns the walls of cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Johannesburg, Berlin, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, but the very nature of it is that it is ephemeral. While posters and prints survive, his murals often disappear. He noted that: "I've been in street art 30 years. Most of my pieces don't last that long...
- American
- February 15, 1970
- Charleston, South Carolina
As the conversation between Dr. Fairey’s son and my son progressed, I took out a black and white drawing on a white sticker of Anthony and showed it to Fairey. I told him that shortly after Anthony’s accident, I wanted to print something we could give to people or stick in strategic locations.
Oct 15, 2021 · Street artist shepard fairey famous for andre the giant, obey and obama hope art, is in rock hill SC and charlotte painting a mural. he is from charleston.
- Melissa Oyler
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Oct 25, 2021 · Published: 7:13 PM EDT October 22, 2021. Updated: 7:12 PM EDT October 25, 2021. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Contemporary artist Shepard Fairey is putting the finishing touches on a social-justice-themed...
