Obey: Supply and Demand

Posted on 19 November 2018 by Shepard Fairey

Supply and Demand is the book that finally does justice to Shepard Fairey s entire body of work, a massive retrospective covering 17 Years of this groundbreaking artist s prodigious output Through the lens of esteemed writers and critics such as Carlo McCormick, Steven Heller and Roger Gastman, Fairey s work is seen for all its depth and placed in context as art, design, social experiment and getting over This massive book pulls no punches and all areas of the enigmatic artist s work, travels and travails are illuminated from exhibitions, posters, flyers, silkscreens and stickers to high altitude pursuits, citations and police beatings, it s all documented in a museum quality layout and binding The evidence is in, and it s clear that Shepard Fairey is not one to rest on his laurels, the work must go on For both long time fans wanting the complete collection and those just curious to know what this OBEY business is all about Supply and Demand is the answer. New Read [ Obey: Supply and Demand ] By [ Shepard Fairey ] – kino-fada.fr More pictures at parkablogs.com I like the cover treatment for this book The spine part is clothed, but the cover is clad with nice textured canvas This book is really thick at 446 pages and there s a poster provided, the one with roses in three guns.This is also the 20th anniversary edition, which expands upon the 2006 version of Supply and Demand by 96 pages It includes art created for, but not authorised by, the Obama campaign.Compared to the other book I have, E Pluribus Venom, this bo More pictures at parkablogs.com I like the cover treatment for this book The spine part is clothed, but the cover is clad with nice textured canvas This book is really thick at 446 pages and there s a poster provided, the one with roses in three guns.This is also the 20th anniversary edition, which expands upon the 2006 version of Supply and Demand by 96 pages It includes art created for, but not authorised by, the Obama campaign.Compared to the other book I have, E Pluribus Venom, this book has aextensive writeup on Sheppard Fairey, his work, music and influence There are also a couple of interviews You ll get to read all about his work on Andre the Giant, and how it increased his exposure in the art industry.This book has a lot of art and photos The photos are of his posters pasted all over cities in different countries And the art are his iconic posters Note that many of the illustrations from E Pluribus Venom can be found here So if you ju...Although I was familiar with both the Obey and the Obama campaigns, what actually got my attention and led to buying this book was the Orwell paperback covers that Fairey recently did for Penguin UK The whole run of black red political currency posters that are like a cross between Constructivism and William Morris are consistently stunning The printing quality of the book itself is pretty shoddy, however By the time ...A well produced book with very good reproductions The text is a collection of short essays regarding Obey Giant, Fairey, and his heroes written by various authors including the artist himself This provides an interesting and entertaining review of his career.All of the artwork is engaging and beautiful He is extremely good at what he does Unfortunately, a book of this scope reveals an apparent reluctance to move too far outside the brand he created for himself twenty years ago That s the on A well produced book with very good reproductions The text is a collection of short essays regarding Obey Giant, Fairey, and his heroes written by various authors including the artist himself This provides an interesting and entertaining review of his career.All of the artwork is engaging and beautiful He is extremely good at what he does Unfortunately, a book of this scope reveals an apparent reluctance to move too far outside the brand he created for himself twenty years ago That s the only thing that prevents my rating from being 5 stars un fortunately, this works well with his overall message and approach, combining irony, coup, and sociopolitical commentary Interestingly, the limited consistent color palette red, cream yellow, black and white used in most of the work enhances the power of his rare uses of blues and gre...Supply and Demand is a biography about the artist Frank Shepard Fairey The book follows Fairey throughout his life from childhood to current career The biography talks about the messages behind his art and the recent, Obama 08 fiasco The book is a must read for all street art fans and has an inspiring story.The reason I love this book so much is because I i... The Big Swindle, if you are a Rebel you are also part of the SISTEM, Just OBEY.Enlightening and refreshing new aspect to contemporary culture Highly recommended to anyone who has an interest in OBEY and counter culture ideology.A gorgeous collection of iconic street art.If you only know him from the Obama posters, you ve missed a whole other side of Shepard Fairey The Obey project began as a joke which then took on a life of its own as people wondered where the stickers came from and what they meant Growing into the ultimate exercise of phenomenology, Obey, with its central image of Andre the Giant, has influenced other street artists, drawn praise and criticism from a variety of circles, and landed Fairey in hot A gorgeous collection of iconic street art.If you only know him from the Obama p...One of the best graffiti artists out there with a distinct mind to acompany the book You get to understand the mind of the artist as he develops over time into one of the best and most important political artists of our day He basically made Obama president with his Hope poster, which he was later sued by the judges under Obama administration ...This was a pretty cool way to read about how the Obey campaign started and evolved I loved getting Shepard s side of how murals were created and how this global entity came from making stickers There s 20 years of art work in this book and I m sure it s not even close to every...I enjoyed reading about the origins of the Andre the Giant sticker and its evolution There s a nice amount of text, it doesn t bog down the book The content is well organized in that it shows the evolution of Fairey s style, yet groups works on similar topics from different points in his ca...

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19 November 2018

Shepard Fairey