Shepard Fairey’s latest portrait is one of his best to date, and it also breaks from the normal form factor that Fairey works in. This portrait is printed on the same 18″x24″ stock that obey prints normally come on, but the image size does not fill the sheet, as to preserve the composition of Fariey’s painting based on the photograph by Sid Grossman.

This print is an edition of 450, signed and numbered, at a price of $65, limit 1 per person. The print will go online at a random time on Thursday, August 19th at Obey Giant.

More information on the release of this print and words from Shepard about Woody Guthrie can be read at Obey Giant. Full image below. (more…)

Tyrone Stevenson rocks.  In late 2008, I was staying with a couple friends in the Bay.  They showed me a youtube video with some kids out of Oakland rapping on scraper bikes.  It was cool.  It’s getting cooler.  Read the brief interview and watch the video.  If you’re a bicycle enthusiast, someone who appreciates people having fun with colors, or like to look at social issues through the arts, you’re in for a treat.

It’s fun design with a bright future.  And it’s in motion.

Aidan Hughes is a British commercial artist that specializes in high contrast illustrations. He has been active in the art world for over 30 years now and his style is highly recognizable by thick black lines. He is probably most famous for his album covers for the band KMFDM. A lot of Hughes work uses a black and white color scheme or black and white with accent colors. His primary influence has been stated as Cold War era Russian propaganda. As such, most of his work deals with the idea of violence, oppression, and revolt. For more information,  check out his blog.

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Shepard Fairey has a new gallery exhibition opening May 1 at Deitch Projects in NY. With this new show we are presented with a great deal of new art prints for purchase on May 1. Above, you can see the May Day Flag offset print available at a random time May 1. The print measures 18″x24″ and is a signed and numbered edition of 600 for $35. On May 1st, get yourself over to obeygiant.com and pound your refresh button to snag one.

After the break you can check out the 6 new portrait prints that will be available for purchase at the show opening. Remaining stock will be sold on obeygiant.com at a later date. The portraits are some of the best he’s done in a while and among them we are presented with a second Muhammad Ali and Debbie Harry rendition by the artist. The Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry prints will be signed by the musicians as well as Shepard Fairey.

If you’re lucky enough to live in or near NYC and can make it to this opening, we’d love to have photos of the event. Get in touch with us if you can provide coverage of the event.

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Notorious street artist BANKSY has a new documentary out called “Exit Through The Gift Shop” which we’re really excited to see. The trailer shows banksy and some other street artists including Shepard Fairey making mistakes and calls itself “the world’s first street art disaster movie”. For those of you lucky enough to live in the handful of international cities where the film is playing, you can check it out. More information on the official website. We’ll post again when the film gets a wide theatrical or physical release.

Hidden Moves is a new project by Welsh artist and designer Rhys Owens. He’s got a couple designs for you to purchase in t-shirt and art print form. The characters he’s created are really interesting. We’re looking forward to seeing more from this project!

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