19"x28" inches (approximately)
2 Color Screenprint over Hand Spray Painted / Blotted Backgrounds
%100 Cotton Coventry Rag Paper
Hand Deckled Edges
Signed by Shepard Fairey
Numbered by Hecho Con Ganas
Published by Hecho Con ganas (HCG Rose Emboss Stamp on Lower Left Corner)
The “OBEY Icon” HPM (Hand-Painted Multiple) is a collaboration produced with my good friend and former co-worker Ernesto Yerena. I have worked with and collaborated with Ernesto for many years and it has been amazing to see him develop and flourish as an artist and activist. The Obey Icon Face evolved at the end of 1995 out of my desire to move further away from the association with Andre the Giant and toward a more streamlined and universal “Big Brother” (as in George Orwell’s 1984) image. I was heavily influenced by the art of Russian Constructivism and Barbara Kruger when creating the Icon Face. Since its creation the Icon Face has remained a foundational and versatile part of my street art, fine art, and clothing graphics, but this is the first fine art edition of the Obey Icon Face I have made. The pieces are all different stencil paintings with the icon face and OBEY text screen printed over the unique backgrounds. Check them out! A portion of proceeds will go to support the valuable work of Brave New Films.
–Shepard
PLEASE NOTE: ALL PIECES ARE UNIQUE. THE PHOTO REPRESENTS THE VARIETY OF THE WORK CONTAINED IN THE PIECES. THE ONE YOU PURCHASE IS MOST LIKELY NOT ONE OF THE ONES PICTURED. I APPROVED THESE ALL MYSELF SO I AM CONFIDENT ALL OF THEM ARE UP TO PAR WITH ONE ANOTHER.
TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY CLEAR YOU WILL RECEIVE A RANDOM NUMBER & THE BACKGROUNDS BIT DIFFERENT BUT THE OBEY ICON IMAGE IS THE SAME.
