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- Artists
- Fairey, Shepard
 - Manufacturer
- Obey Giant
- Edition Details
| Year: | 2018 | | Class: | Postcard | | Status: | Official | | Released: | 05/18/18 | | Paper: | Postcard Heavy Stock | | Size: | 6 X 8.25 |
- Event
- Library Street Collective presents Shepard Fairey's "Damaged"
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Shepard Fairey x Moma, Moscow
"Force Majeure" Exhibition 2018
Opening: Tuesday 18th May 2018, 6.30 PM
Show dates: from 19th Septembre 2018 till 4th Novembre 2018
Location: Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Petrovka Ulitsa, 25, Moskva, Russia, 125009
"Working with Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) and curated by Wunderkammern, Shepard Fairey presents his exhibition Force Majeure, a historical overview of his career to date, showcasing the evolution of his body of work. The perennial provocateur Shepard Fairey has tackled politics, commercial messaging, subversion, and social constructs over the span of his 30-year career as a graphic designer and artist, concepts that will be on view in the exhibition, his first-ever in Russia. "Force Majeure" meaning “superior force†suggests an extraordinary event beyond control. Force majeure refers to events such as a war, riot, crime, and natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions."
"This exhibition presents both exclusive new artworks, reflecting the main themes of Shepard’s career body of work including politics, environment, war and peace, but also showcases many of Fairey’s artworks reflecting the profound influence of Russian avant-garde on his style. The artist intentionally selected the French version of the term "force majeure" because French is recognized globally as the international language of diplomacy. Diplomacy is indeed needed for an exhibition by an American artist, hosted by a Russian public museum and curated by an Italian gallery with a German name. Shepard Fairey’s body of artwork speaks a universal visual language. The exhibition Force Majeure is a call to a social and political responsibility that engages with the public at large, in line (or better, obeying!) to Fairey’s public art principles. Whether in a complex political decision or our everyday environmental efforts, we shall strive to remain on the higher ground. Force Majeure becomes a call to all of us, a synthesis of the artist’s manifesto."
"With the participation of the Moscow Department of Transport, the show continues outside the museum venue in the urban space. First-ever in Russia, a mural by Shepard Fairey decorates the façade of a building at 12, Mytnaya street."
CULTURAL PARTNERS
MMOMA - Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Artmossphere
RuArts Foundation
http://www.wunderkammern.net/exhibitions/forcemajeure/
https://obeygiant.com/exhibitions/force-majeure/Art Comments Thread
See also: Environmental Defender Rubylith
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