Shepard Fairey - Obey: Supply and Demand (first edition)

446 pages
Text(s) by Shepard Fairey, Carlo McCormick, Steven Heller, Henry Rollins, Rob Walker and Roger Gastman
31.5 x 24 cm
Language: English
Hardcover 
Publisher: Rizzoli 
2006

Showcasing Fairey’s entire body of work, a massive retrospective covering 17 years, from his early OBEY Giant campaign to his prodigious print output, increasingly ambitious large scale street work and beyond, this massive retrospective book covers 20 colorful years. Fairey helped catalyze a movement from his unique vantage at the intersection of art, popular culture, and design and this tome documents it all.

Through the lens of esteemed writers and critics such as Carlo McCormick, Steven Heller, Henry Rollins, Rob Walker, Roger Gastman and more, readers can learn about Shepard Fairey, the roots of the omnipresent OBEY street art campaign, his design practice and prolific gallery exhibitions.

This massive book pulls no punches and all areas of the enigmatic artist’s work, travels and travails are illuminated. From exhibitions, posters, flyers, silkscreens and stickers to high altitude pursuits, citations and police beatings, it’s all documented in a museum quality layout and binding.