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Monday, January 12, 2009

National Portrait Gallery acquires Obama Hope by Shepard Fairey

Posted by John Stoehr on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM

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The Charleston native was profiled in the Independent on Saturday:

From skateboarder to famous street artist, Shepard Fairey has seen the inside of numerous police cells in his long career. This week his ubiquitous portrait of Barack Obama, which appeared on billboards, T-shirts, hats and magazine covers throughout the 2008 election season, was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Until he came up with his Obama image and went on to be named "Icon Maker" of the year by Time magazine, 38-year-old Fairey was best known for his rock-music album covers and an advertising campaign that featured a wrestler named Andre the Giant.

Topics: Visual Arts

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There is some sort of weird irony about all this. The same man that is arrested for spreading iconic images of Andre the Giant, is the same man being praised for spreading iconic images of Obama. The same type of work that he was condemned for is now being hosted in the National Portrait Gallery. Still it’s great to see the underdog succeed!

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There is some sort of weird irony about all this. The same man that is arrested for spreading iconic images of Andre the Giant, is the same man being praised for spreading iconic images of Obama. The same type of work that he was condemned for is now being hosted in the National Portrait Gallery. Still it’s great to see the underdog succeed!

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