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Shepard Fairey (b 1970) Andre Face Collage, Left Face, Signed 2020, Obey Giant. Street/Urban/Graffiti Art Description : A fantastic, Left hand face from the Complete set from one of the world's most famous contemporary artists. Entitled "Obey 3 face collage". The left, middle and right collage prints also available as well as the set of the three prints. Or the Tryptich. This Left face offset lithographs by Shepard Fairey (Obey) are an open edition. Published in 2016, they are signed by the Artist and 18 x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm). Top and bottom collage prints also available as single art prints as well as the complete set of three prints in a Tryptich. All prints are individually hand signed by the artist and the size and exact placing of the signature can vary on the print (always somewhere on bottom right corner). This Left Face Artist : Shepard Fairey Title : Andre Face Collage Tryptich / Obey giant face collage Medium : Offset lithograph in 4 colours Obey in Letters with a giant face on speckled cream thick card paper. Dimension : 24" x 18" (60 x 46) cm Signed : signed by the artisit in pencil l.r. and dated 2020 Edition : From an open edition dated 2020 Condition : Stored flat with no rips, tears or sun damage Postage and Packing – Due to geographical location Postage and insurance varies if required. Within this URBAN ART AUCTION, Items Can be combined for best value postage. Please contact for details. UK mainland signed for. About The ART and the ARTIST ‘OBEY’ this. ‘Andre the Giant ’ is one of three offset lithographic Prints in the Triptych available in this series of ‘OBEY’ by Shepard Fairey. It is a rare mixture of parody and protest, which serves to subvert the very medium to which it attaches itself. The simple one word message ‘OBEY’ stirs the bewildered masses. This is an impressive wall hanging. Shepard Fairey aka OBEY has created, an instant conversation piece. Along with Obey Unique signature motifs the themes of each artwork are environment, power, struggle and fame with icons such as David bowie, Martin Luther King and Andy Warhol. In his own words, plastered posters which adorn advertising billboards ‘market nothingness’ while large scale posters with a single word impart direction. Dissent is at the root of what he does, and it continues to be an important part of his work, pushing back against dominant systems that allow and perpetuate injustice requires dissent. PROPAGANDIST, ARCH MANIPULATOR, INCITER, PROVOCATEUR, THESE ARE ALL WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE THE ARTIST SHEPARD FAIREY, American artist, Shepard Fairey, is the man many hail as the originator of the modern urban art scene and is an undeniable phenomenon. First coming to prominence in 1989 with his now ubiquitous ‘Obey Giant’ sticker campaign, the self styled phenomenologist has since gone on to become one of the most recognisable artists of the early 2000’s. A major figure of the contemporary street art movement, Shepard Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” campaign, which distributed posters, stickers, and murals featuring the eponymous wrestler around Providence, Rhode Island. Fairey’s iconic 2008. “Hope” campaign poster for President Barack Obama encapsulates a number of the artist’s recurring concerns, including propaganda, portraiture, and political power. Fairey’s work, which has sold for six figures at auction, can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.