The Huffington Post reports on a new poster by Shepard Fairey, created it in support of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma. Fairey got really known with the poster he created for the Obama Campaign just like some other artists did (a.o. ISO/Scott Hansen with a print which is sadly not to the standard of the work he is most known for – see our review of his work). Fairey’s creation has made its way around the world on almost every media, from posters to coffee mugs and t-shirts and was later followed by a victory poster also worth mentioning. This poster for Burma follows his typical style: vectors and a color palette which is dominated by black, white/yellow and red. It’s amazing how he has produced such an immense body of work with this main focus on form instead of color which is probably to be traced back to his stencil background. The first time I heard of him was in Computer Arts magazine which posted something about influential viral artists and the Obey Giant stencil/sticker he produced (which I thought to be rather simplistic and non-wow).
As for the new poster, it is nothing spectacularly new but still a great piece of art. On his site, Fairey offers a free download of the print for people to support the democracy fight in Burma. Here below you can find his designs for George Orwell‘s Animal Farm and 1984 which I bumped into at the bookstore about a year ago. It must be said his guerilla style is excellent for literature like this.
I found this Flickr set of an art show in Basel where Fairey was present and which shows his creations in large mural format. I should see if this is coming to Brussels any time soon.
