Shepard Fairey (OBEY) x Jeff Ho x Glen E. Friedman

Shepard Fairey (b. 1970), Jeff Ho (b. 1949) and Glen E. Friedman (b. 1962) are artists who collaborated in 2017. Shepard Fairey, street artist and screen printer, Glen E. Friedman, skateboard photographer and Jeff Ho, skateboarder, surfer and artist, who acted as models here, created an etching, produced in two colors: blue and gold. The inspiration for this work came from a photograph captured by Glen E. Friedman in 2011. It was Friedman who suggested that Shepard Fairey create an etching featuring Jeff Ho. Shepard Fairey recounts that when Glen E. Friedman suggested he create a print of Jeff Ho, he was concerned that Jeff Ho might not approve of them illustrating him. But thanks to Glen E. Friedman's persuasion, the collaboration was born. The result is an iconic representation of skate and surf culture, both in terms of the personalities featured and the distinctive artistic treatment of the medium.