[randomname]

I'm not sure how many, if any, of his images are even done by him anymore. He has a team of artists who crank this stuff out. Obey is more of a brand than anything else now.

[fattyramone]

braddocktiles-org.myshopify.com/products/shepard-fairey

[Liverpool ste123]

Dec 10, 2014 1:01:00 GMT 1 sgolby said:

This was just posted... I Like everything but the writing on the side... that said it does make you stop and think a bit more doesn't it...








INTERPOLATION DIPTYCH RELEASING THURSDAY!

The Interpol guys and I were happy enough with our mural collaboration that we decided to make a screen print diptych set of the same art. 450 sets will be signed by me alone, and 100 sets will be signed by me and the band and available on Interpol’s website later this week. If you missed the post about my history with Interpol(the band) and our recent mural collaboration… here you go:

I picked up Interpol’s first album “Turn on the Bright Lights” shortly after it was released, based purely on the mysterious, film noir meets Blue Note (but in red), image on the cover. The music lived up to the seductive promise of the cover and I soon decided I’d found my new favorite band. I stalked Interpol backstage at Coachella and offered to create art for them if they ever needed it… to my surprise, they knew my work already and decided to take me up on my offer and have me create some art for their follow up album “Antics” in 2004. Ten years have passed since that project and after hanging with the band after their Lollapalooza gig this summer, we discussed working together again, possibly with a public art component. When “El Pintor” came out I loved the music, cover art, and the anagram device (an anagram is a new word or set of words made from the letters of another word or set of words in a different order). EL PINTOR means “the painter” in Spanish but is an anagram of INTERPOL. When approaching our new collaboration, I liked the challenge of creating an anagram from a song title. Daniel Kessler suggested “Everything Is Wrong” as the song for me to interpret. I love that song, so my thinking was to find a middle ground between Interpol’s aesthetics, lyrics for the song, and my art style and concepts. The lyrics to “Everything Is Wrong” are open to interpretation, but whether the song is about hard living, relationship failures, wear and tear on the environment, or an empire mentality, regret for poor decisions seems to be the theme. I decided to explore the idea of being complicit in a personal relationship or a relationship with a system that one realizes is unhealthy. I did an art show recently called “Power & Glory” that was a celebration and critique of Americana with an emphasis on the symbols and meanings of power. I like to question our obsession with money and the bravado that “America is the greatest country in the earth’s history”. Basically, I’m looking for an excuse to implicitly question hegemony, and “Everything Is Wrong” gave me one. My anagrams from EVERYTHING IS WRONG: THE VERY GROWING SIN and EVERY WRONG INSIGHT reflect both Interpol’s lyrics and my Power & Glory concepts. Since my mural images are interpretations of the song through my sensibility, but within parameters, they qualify as “interpolations”. It is convenient that interpolation references Interpol, but meaningfully, I think that art and music that inspire dialogue and interpretation are powerful fuel for expression and empowerment. I hope that the layers of this collaboration might make some molecules collide somehow.
-Shepard

Click here for original mural post / pictures.

Interpolation Diptych set, signed edition of 550. The first 100 will be sold through Interpol’s website later this week (more details coming soon), signed by Shepard and the band. The remaining 450 will be signed by Shepard only and sold through www.obeygiant.com/store/, to be released Thursday, December 11 at a random time between 10am and 12pm PST. $100 per set, limit one set per person/household.

I purchased these as my first Obey's BUT think I've made a mistake...

Anyone want to take them off my hands when they arrive?

[melize]

Dec 13, 2014 3:13:34 GMT 1 Liverpool ste123 said:

Dec 10, 2014 1:01:00 GMT 1 sgolby said:

This was just posted... I Like everything but the writing on the side... that said it does make you stop and think a bit more doesn't it...

I purchased these as my first Obey's BUT think I've made a mistake...

Anyone want to take them off my hands when they arrive?

I don't want them, but what makes you think you have made a "mistake"? You haven't even received them yet!

[Liverpool ste123]

I think I got caught up in the 'wanting to buy my first Obey' thing...ha

I should've prioritised really as there are more images I'd rather have this week!

[melize]

Dec 13, 2014 15:31:59 GMT 1 Liverpool ste123 said:

I think I got caught up in the 'wanting to buy my first Obey' thing...ha

I should've prioritised really as there are more images I'd rather have this week!

That's the problem, too many images out there and constantly being released ... money aside, space must be an issue now with all your purchases - whoever said "less is more", certainly wasn't you

[Liverpool ste123]

Lol, they're mostly in tubes and in my portfolio.

Other half is going mental!

My New Years resolution is to actually sort out which will make the wall or I/we as a family like and the rest is going!

[Liverpool ste123]

I meant to say THEY'RE GREAT!!! AWESOME in fact!

Take control of your life with this pair of beauties

[Rsyok]

Dec 13, 2014 20:56:19 GMT 1 Liverpool ste123 said:

I meant to say THEY'RE GREAT!!! AWESOME in fact!

Take control of your life with this pair of beauties

Hands always one of Shep's strongpoints!

[Iqra'a]

A tribute to Stephen Colbert. Edition of 500. Sold out in a minute. 

[davievegas]

Dec 19, 2014 18:23:05 GMT 1 Iqra'a said:

A tribute to Stephen Colbert. Edition of 500. Sold out in a minute. 

Edition of 500? No doubt flippers...

[loki2802]

Yes there are already about 8 on eBay.

[A.R.T.]

Dec 19, 2014 18:23:05 GMT 1 Iqra'a said:

A tribute to Stephen Colbert. Edition of 500. Sold out in a minute. 

Not a minute. More like 6 minutes.

[sgolby]

It ws not announced hence the long wait time... I ttally missed this, and am a bit pissed as i love the image, e show, and the man!!!

[Iqra'a]

Dec 19, 2014 18:36:10 GMT 1 A.R.T. said:

Dec 19, 2014 18:23:05 GMT 1 Iqra'a said:

A tribute to Stephen Colbert. Edition of 500. Sold out in a minute. 

Not a minute. More like 6 minutes.

Figure of speech, but it was actually around 1-3 minutes. It didn't become available until 9:09am PST. I know this because I was refreshing every 30 seconds. 

[A.R.T.]

Dec 19, 2014 18:46:01 GMT 1 Iqra'a said:

Dec 19, 2014 18:36:10 GMT 1 A.R.T. said:

Not a minute. More like 6 minutes.

Figure of speech, but it was actually around 1-3 minutes. It didn't become available until 9:09am PST. I know this because I was refreshing every 30 seconds. 

If you want to be technical, it dropped at 9:08 PST and sold out at 9:12 PST. Four minutes.

[Iqra'a]

Dec 19, 2014 19:06:08 GMT 1 A.R.T. said:

Dec 19, 2014 18:46:01 GMT 1 Iqra'a said:

Figure of speech, but it was actually around 1-3 minutes. It didn't become available until 9:09am PST. I know this because I was refreshing every 30 seconds. 

If you want to be technical, it dropped at 9:08 PST and sold out at 9:12 PST. Four minutes.

Touche

[randomname]

Shepard Fairey is in here somewhere. I wasn't able to pick him out.

[A.R.T.]

You can see Shep at the 4:54 mark

[Oski]

Shep on the left and Elliott Spitzer (aka Client# 9 on the right).

[Deleted]

^^^ Seems very inexpensive for the size and run. May have to try for one.

[DREAMERS]

I agree

[sgolby]

I own the screenprint, and must say it looks very good.

[beatztom]

Nice print. However futile my efforts to score an obey work at source have been, I will renew this disappointing experience on the 8th!

[Swiss Alan]

Just picked one up on this drop - Considering the edition number and cost it was by far the easiest transaction on the Obey site I've done. Some of the previous attempts have been painful.

[bagpuss]

Jan 8, 2015 19:10:06 GMT 1 Swiss Alan said:

Just picked one up on this drop - Considering the edition number and cost it was by far the easiest transaction on the Obey site I've done. Some of the previous attempts have been painful.

I failed to get one Well my colleague failed to get one in my behalf as I was in a meeting when it was released.

[dashboll]

Oh fuck I forgot about this, can't believe I just missed it

[DREAMERS]

I ended up passing on this one. I'm trying my best to only buy artwork that will make the walls in 2015

[Swiss Alan]

Jan 8, 2015 19:24:01 GMT 1 bagpuss said:

Jan 8, 2015 19:10:06 GMT 1 Swiss Alan said:

Just picked one up on this drop - Considering the edition number and cost it was by far the easiest transaction on the Obey site I've done. Some of the previous attempts have been painful.

I failed to get one Well my colleague failed to get one in my behalf as I was in a meeting when it was released.

Next time.... Tried numerous times to get Obey prints and it's real hit and miss. 

[beatztom]

I missed out on this one. Managed to cart one but then my wife convinced me we didn't need it as we were shopping at ikea and that we had other priorities... Who knows, maybe I wouldn't have been able to check out successfully any way!

Any inside info on whether there will be a second drop for unlucky fans? Apparently it isn't totally out of the question!

I'm kind of gutted and wouldn't mind making a second attempt behind my wife's back ;-)