Shepard Fairey

New York City

The exhibition Harmony & Discord shows Shepard Fairey’s first works in handmade paper as well as the largest screenprints he has done to date. The works reference the global dichotomy of politics; what forces it creates on the grand scale and how that reflects on the actions and awareness of the individual. Responding to the energy of New York, Fairey worked on this technically complex body of work in a series of sessions.

Subjects in the exhibition include Fairey’s ‚Imperial Glory‘ and ‚Power‘ images, both of which pay homage to Lichtenstein’s style while referencing issues of the military industrial complex. Also on view is ‚The Reagan‘ and ‚Friends‘ series, depicting politicians and corporate bosses as manipulative salesmen. A more graphic grouping of works, which all utilize the target as a device, examines symbols, stereotypes and propaganda. Topics include war and peace, political corruption, global warming, and personal empowerment and responsibility.

Shepard Fairey is the artist behind OBEY GIANT, the graphics that have changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. Fairey’s work reached a new level of recognition in 2008, when his HOPE portrait of Barack Obama became the iconic image of the presidential campaign and helped inspire an unprecedented political movement.

Pace Prints

May 5th – June 16th, 2012
521 West 26th Street, 3rd & 4th Floors
New York, NY 10001
USA

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