I have always enjoyed Andy Warhol’s artwork – I can’t explain it other than the bold blocks of color, rich tapestries of American pop culture. I also love Keith Harring, who had a more political edge than Warhol. My generation now has it’s own artist, a rarity in my opinion. Shepard Fairey started his work just like Harring – creating images to say something about the world, pasting his work on the sides of buildings, on the sides of walk-signals, anywhere really. Most of Fairey’s work, if not all was based on negativity in the world. He’s been arrested for it many times, because, well…it’s against the law.
Now, his story has been flipped on it’s head, because his artwork was based on the hope, and change he saw in Barrack Obama.
Great video “pod-cumentry” on Current TV I saw today, is below. Pass it along. His work can be seen here.
