Last night marked the debut of the Obey x Levi’s 2009 Fall/Winter Collection debut at the Levi’s Times Square store. The release involved a special Obey x Levi’s Live Installation by Shepard Fairey to cap things off. The artwork for the evening included iconic imagery from Fairey’s range of well-documented styles such as the Obey Giant. Source: Gradient Magazine
Glastonbury 2009
Over the weekend, around 190,000 people attended the 2009 Glastonbury Festival held in western England. Billed as ‘Europe’s largest open-air music festival’ on many stages over four days – headliners included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and a reunited Blur. Collected by Boston.com are 33 images of the festival for The Big Picture column, each accompanied [...]
Shepard Fairey ‘Tony Alva’ Print
Releasing later today from Obey is a new Shepard Fairey print transpiring with the Detournements of Wynn Miller exhibit. It’s based on an image of a young Tony Alva and comes in two colors, each color limited to 250. They will be selling for $80.
Obama Inauguration Print
Shepard Fairey designed the official poster for President-elect Barack Obama’s Inauguration taking place January 20th. A total of 10 000 prints were made, all of which are individually numbered. Posters are selling for $100 and 1,000 prints, signed and numbered by the artist, go for $500. All proceeds will be put toward much needed Inaugural [...]
OBEY Launch with E-Store
The clothing company founded by street artist Shepard Fairey has just provided us supply and demand, a new website and online store. The website shares a massive amount of content – a peep into the life of the artist, featuring photos, street installations, info about the
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