OBEY "Covert to Overt" The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey

Author: Shepard Fairey Publish Year: 2015 Weight: 5 lb Dimensions: 10.25x12.25 Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 256 Written by Shepard Fairey The seminal artist’s recent art and poster works, and his triumphant return to his street-art roots with murals, all in work never before published. ?Shepard Fairey rose out of the skateboarding scene, creating his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign in the late ’80s, and has since achieved a mainstream recognition that most street artists never find. Fairey’s “Hope” poster, created during Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, is arguably the most iconic American image since Uncle Sam. Fairey has become a pop-culture icon himself, though he has remained true to his street-art roots. OBEY: Covert to Overt showcases his most recent evolution from works on paper to grander art installations, cross-cu