Hedgefunds Billionaires vs. Kindergarten Teachers
Do you know that the top 25 hedge fund managers make more than ALL the kindergarten teachers in this country combined?! That’s absurd, but what’s more absurd is that these billionaires are also paying a lower tax rate than all of our country’s kindergarten teachers. Both sides of the aisle agree that this is not acceptable. To do something about this and restore equality, we have to close the carried interest loophole. Check out the latest film by Brave New Films to learn more about this issue and take action to call on ALL 2016 presidential candidates to commit to closing the carried interest loophole in their first 100 days in office. This is something we should all care about.
– Shepard
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GOP Playlist for DETAILS MAGAZINE
DETAILS Magazine asked Shepard to create a playlist inspired by 14 of some choice comments made at the last Republican Party presidential debate. Click below to check it out!
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An evening with Shepard in conversation with Moby
Live Talks LA presents: An Evening with Shepard Fairey in conversation with Moby, Tuesday, October 6 at 8pm. The two will be focusing on Shepard’s newly released book: Covert to Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey.
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NOS VEMOS EN VENECIA
Legendary west coast skate and surf artist Kevin Ancell has a new art show opening up. Check it out!
-Shepard
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Divest/Invest strategy to protect global water resources
Waterkeeper Alliance is an organization I’ve been supporting for a few years because they understand the link between the destruction of waterways, oceans, and aquifers, and the corrupt practices and influence of the fossil fuel industries. We have the power to shift to healthier practices and organizations like Waterkeeper Alliance point the way. Please check them out and give them some support. Thanks for caring.
-Shepard
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COVERT TO OVERT Signed Book
My newest book and my first with Rizzoli, COVERT TO OVERT: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey, comes out tomorrow. I’m very proud of it because I’m not only excited about the content itself but I also think the design and photography are the best of any of my books so far. When I was in art school, I was told that screen-printing and street art weren’t fine art or “real art.” I didn’t listen, and as a result, both have been the key to virtually every opportunity I’ve had as an artist. I’ve never defined myself solely as a street artist, but as someone who believes art is a powerful form of expression that should be utilized and woven into many aspects of the world.
– Shepard
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SHEPARD FAIREY: A STEADY DRUMBEAT INSIDE AND OUT
Check out this great deconstruction of Shepard’s recent New Jersey mural via Brooklyn Street Art. In addition to detailed shots of the mural, the article also features a selection of pictures from Shepard’s latest show, On Our Hands, currently showing at Jacob Lewis Gallery in NYC.
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Shepard in conversation with chris stein via Neuehouse
While Shepard was in New York last week for the opening of his show “On Our Hands” at Jacob Lewis Gallery, he sat down with Blondie co-founder Chris Stein at NeueHouse New York to discuss their common interests in art, culture, and music. Check out the condensed transcript below courtesy of NeueJournal.
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“She-Studies” by Francisco Reyes Jr.
My friend and co-worker Francisco Reyes Jr. just released a great new set of prints based on his illustrations of female figures. Cisco is influenced by punk rock, tattoo art, vintage advertising, and many other mutations of the cultural vernacular. Cisco illustrates with a fluid economy that reduces things to their iconic essence. Check it out!
-Shepard
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NYC Recap / New Pics
I’m just catching my breath after a very very intense but exhilarating week in New York and New Jersey for my “On Our Hands” show at the Jacob Lewis Gallery and accompanying projects like my 143′ x 37’ mural in Jersey City facilitated by Mana Contemporary. I spent the better part of the year working on the fine art and print editions for the collection in the Jacob Lewis Gallery and the Pace Prints Gallery a floor below so it was amazing to finally see it all in frames and on the walls. I am lucky to have a great group of people supporting me in these ambitious productions including my crew of assistants – Dan Flores, Nicholas Bowers, Rob Zagula, Jacob Lewis and his staff, as well as all of my staff in my LA studio; thanks to Jon Furlong from Obey Clothing for his photo documentation as well as his willingness to pick up an X-acto when we were running behind schedule on the large, rough, and challenging wall in Jersey City. Thanks to gallerist Jonathan Levine and Stan Studol and his team from Mana Contemporary for facilitating the mural.
I also have to thank Chris Stein of Blondie for doing a discussion with me at NeueHouse in New York because he is one of my creative heroes and a friend of many of my other heroes including Andy Warhol. Thanks to Rizzoli for helping to facilitate the talk with Chris where we also discussed Chris’s book Chris Stein / Negative and my upcoming monograph Covert to Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey. The great artists and musicians who came out to see the show is too long a list for me to name drop here tastefully but it should go without saying that it was an incredible honor and quite humbling to be supported by so many people who have inspired me.
If you’re in the New York City area, try to stop by the gallery because these works have a lot of effort put into layers and subtleties that don’t translate well in photographs. Thanks again to everyone who attended or supported the show in any way! – Shepard
Shepard Fairey from Mana Contemporary on Vimeo.
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