Pen Nib Collage (Andre the Giant) | Shepard Fairey (OBEY)

OBEY (Shepard Fairey, b. 1970)
Pen Nib Collage (Andre the Giant)
Signed limited edition

Shepard Fairey — the American artist and graphic designer whose OBEY Giant campaign began in 1989 and whose Barack Obama "Hope" poster became the defining image of the 2008 presidential campaign — is one of the most significant figures in the history of street art and political art. His Andre the Giant imagery — derived from the wrestler's face, deployed in the "OBEY" campaign that has covered walls worldwide — is among the most recognisable visual motifs in contemporary culture.

Pen Nib Collage presents the Andre the Giant imagery within a collage framework that connects Fairey's street art origins to the art historical tradition of collage running from Dada through Pop Art. The pen nib — symbol of writing, of the graphic arts, of the act of marking a surface — is a self-referential element in the work of an artist who began his career as a graphic designer. Signed. Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.

Signed limited edition
Certificate of Authenticity