MAYDAY: The Art of Shepard Fairey
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1584234288 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fairey stakes the claim that artists, musicians and writers such as Joe Strummer, Jean Michel Basquiat, Woody Guthrie and Cornel West all have parts to play in stimulating response to injustice. Portraits of advocates of the working class and oppressed define the collection. In Fairey's mind, the persistence of difficulties in the political, environmental, economic, and cultural arenas points to the definition of May Day as a distress signal: By now we thought we would be in post-Bush utopia, but we're still having to call attention to these problems. If we stay silent, there s no hope, Fairey muses. They started out on the margins of culture and ended up changing the mainstream. Like any mayday call, however, the sounding of the alarm also brings hope for help on the way. MAYDAY - The Art of Shepard Fairey is published as a ce
Super rich in detail Super rich in detail, color, ornament, and subversive messages, this is a great collection of some of Shepard Fairey's work.. Favorite Summary Cyd Totally great full page reproductions in contact and separately. When you want the picture to tell the story and not someone else's opinion to dominate, this book will give you a good bit of focused information to begin to really connect with his style and vocabulary.. "excellent art by SF" according to johnnytruent. value for money amazing art by Shep Fairy. A must if you dig his style. Well presented hardcover and solid spine binding.