shepard fairey “one of today’s best known and most influential street artists”
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Shepard Fairey
“One of today’s best known and most influential street artists”
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THE EARLY DAYS
• Born on February 15,1970 and raised in Charleston, South Carolina.
• He first became obsessed with art in 1984 at the age of 14. Fairey then started to put his artwork on the back of skateboards and on the back of t-shirts.
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The Break Out
• The piece of artwork that got Shepard famous was Andre the Giant Has a Posse.
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Today
• Shepard Fairey has been a big name during the election of the first African American president.
• He has also recently gotten arrested for graffiti and may even get sued for creating the Obama HOPE poster. This is because he copied a picture of Obama taken by the Associated Press.
• He is also designing the cover for Led Zeppelin’s new biggest hits album.
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Influences
• One person in which Shepard Fairey was influenced by is one of the best pop artists of all time, Andy Warhol.