I was first exposed to the work of Shepard Fairey when my
older brother began working in graphics. Fairy’s work is mostly known for OBEY
Clothing, however most of his work he reiterates is propaganda, whether it is
looking at the ideology he was raised on via punk bands such as The Sex
Pistols, or whether it is working on campaign work for Obama, the president of
the United States. Similar to the work of Banksy, Fairy’s work has a lot of
political influence, and often concentrates on contemporary social and
political issues. For example in the below campaign against NRA, Fairey talks
about how people need to speak out against the freedom to carry weapons and
arms within the USA without a background check first. The use of the word devil
is really important, especially with the USA having such a large background in Christianity,
something that is a foundation for most of the politics of the country. His
work itself often uses a pallet of a few colours, of which one will be used for
the outline, then the rest will be used for shading and adding in finer detail,
almost similar to tattoo flash. Overall, the work of Shepard Fairey is both
interesting in the way in which is has a very certain style often seen in modernism,
and yet at the same time consults contemporary issues.
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