{"id":21249,"date":"2014-04-01T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=21249"},"modified":"2014-04-01T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T14:36:15","slug":"shepard-fairey-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/04\/01\/shepard-fairey-power\/","title":{"rendered":"~SHEPARD FAIREY . . POWER"},"content":{"rendered":"

while I was at PACE PRINTS<\/a>, 521 West 26th St, checking out the HOW and NOSM show, I caught a great SHEPARD FAIREY, down an extended exhibit – hallway.<\/p>\n

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\nSHEPARD FAIREY, ‘POWER (Metal)’, 2012.
\nscreenprint in three colors on aluminum plate with spray paint. 56 x 42 in.
\nEdition of 5.
\n($25,000)<\/p>\n

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\nthe message is clear.
\nthe riff . . is bouncing off ROY LICHENSTEIN & comic book art, in general.
\nthough the ‘drippy’ stuff, around the ER – is much more contemporary, makes me think of TAYLOR McKIMENS.
\nthat ‘drippy’ stuff – is what takes the piece to another place.<\/p>\n

plus it’s a nice tension\/contrast – that it’s drawn so awkward and skimpy, as opposed to more bubbly or robust.
\nmakes the over-all expression of the whole piece come off as more authentic and spontaneous, and in that sense – more powerful, raw.
\nas opposed to a more ready-made ‘canned’ goods, ‘perfecto’ – stylized-type composition.
\nof which Fairey is clearly capable.
\nhe didn’t just phone it in, which at this point . . he could easily be doing.
\nthe artist has survived mega-success, and is still – in the room.<\/p>\n

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\nbeautiful draftsmanship. as grenade morphs into spray can.
\nvery simple, very bold, graceful. eloquent, knock down – graphic info \/ expressive.<\/p>\n

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\nlove how the OBEY GIANT logo is half off, and half-toned.
\nthe message is clear, but the pictorial range runs from obvious to . . not.
\nnice.
\nadds a third dimension, in what is other-wise a flat plane piece.
\nit’s like Fairey himself, remains . . in the picture.<\/p>\n

the metal plate ground – is very cool, too.<\/p>\n

also nice touch, detail: how the circle around the logo is ridge-edged to mimic the barrel of a gun.<\/p>\n

what a ride that OBEY GIANT has taken, from the early days plastered all over Manhattan, to sitting on a high-end print !!
\nnothing April Fool’s day – bout that.
\nesp since the mainstream press, insert ‘New York Times’, specifically . . ROBERTA SMITH, either totally ignored the work, or trashed it outright when it came off the street, and popped up . . in exhibits.
\nspecifically: DEITCH PROJECTS . . SHEPARD FAIREY, ‘MAYDAY’, MAY 1 – MAY 29, 2010.<\/a>
\n(& check out the show’s poster !!)
\nROBERTA took one of her first big<\/strong> falls in credibility – with that.
\nso, happy April’s Fool Day !!<\/p>\n

more power – to the mainstream . . ignored !!
\nthe underground is not so<\/em> underdog – anymore.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

while I was at PACE PRINTS, 521 West 26th St, checking out the HOW and NOSM show, I caught a great SHEPARD FAIREY, down an extended exhibit – hallway. SHEPARD FAIREY, ‘POWER (Metal)’, 2012. screenprint in three colors on aluminum plate with spray paint. 56 x 42 in. Edition of 5. ($25,000) the message is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21249"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21251,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21249\/revisions\/21251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}