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Shepard Fairey put his street-art sensibility to work for his candidate of choice, in hopes of "appealing to a younger, apathetic audience." The kind of poster that might sell on eBay, as a signed Fairey Obama recently did, for $5,900. The agitprop pop art has become a must-have accessory among a... [read full story]                    

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Artist Paints Obama In the Image of Che and Mao, Not Fred Thompson

 newsbusters.org May 19, 2008
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ARSTY: The Audacity Of Shepard Fairey

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Artist Paints Obama In the Image of Che and Mao, Not Fred Thompson

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May 19, 2008
        

Is Barack Obama an icon of hope like....Che Guevara? Washington Post reporter William Booth on Sunday celebrated the three-color icon-worshipping Obama posters by left-wing street artist Shepard Fairey. To Booth, Che (the communist assassin) is as cool as Fred Thompson is dull: "All political art...

                   

All The Shepard Fairey Agitprop Political Posters In The World Aren't Going To Mask Barack...

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May 19, 2008
        

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE INMEANS NEGOTIATIONS WITH NO PRECONDITIONS WITH IRAN MEANS THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL "I wanted the poster to be recognizable as my work, and to be appealing to a younger, apathetic audience, yet tame enough not to be seen as radical or offensive to the more mainstream...

                   

Barack Obama endorses graffitti, claims Shepard Fairey

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May 18, 2008
        

Sunday’s Washington Post profiles Echo Park artist Shephard Fairey regarding his iconic Barack Obama posters which have sold 80,000 copies so far, artist signed prints fetching $5,900 on eBay, and have been applauded by the Presidential front runner himself: Fairey rummages around on his desk and...

Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement - washingtonpost.com

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May 18, 2008
        

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat May 17, 2008 10:18 PM EDT LOS ANGELES -- When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obama people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign, he knew what he wanted to create: a...

Meet The Man Behind The Obama Poster Phenomenon

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May 18, 2008
        

When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obama people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign, he knew what he wanted to create: a phenomenon. All political art is propaganda (that is the point), but most political posters are bland,...

                   

ARSTY: The Audacity Of Shepard Fairey

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May 17, 2008
        

WASHINGTON POST: LOS ANGELES — When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obama people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign, he knew what he wanted to create: a phenomenon.All political art is propaganda (that is the point), but most...