About the artwork
This work, produced in red and grey, features Shepard Fairey's famous André figure, enlarged with a magnifying glass on one of its edges. Made entirely in dots, this edition borrows the famous aesthetic of artist Roy Lichtenstein, itself borrowed from American comic books. Shepard Fairey is an admirer of this pop artist's work, and here fully embraces this reference. In this work, he picks up on Roy Lichtenstein's exaggerated use of dots and simulated grey tones - as in part of the background of this edition - using only black and white. This reference to pop art is nothing new, since Shepard Fairey paid tribute to the movement as long ago as 1994, with a series to mark the fifth anniversary of the design of André's emblematic stickers.
Expert opinion
This work by Shepard Fairey engages in a visual dialogue between the artist's own style and the pop art legacy of Roy Lichtenstein, to whom he pays homage here.
About the artist
American artist, born in 1970. Lives and works in Los Angeles (USA). Muralist, illustrator and silkscreen artist, Shepard Fairey (Obey) is one of the most influential figures in urban art. Influenced by Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger and Diego Rivera, he is best known for the HOPE portrait of Barack Obama he created for his presidential campaign in 2008, which has since been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, USA). Following the attacks in France on November 13, 2015, Shepard Fairey created a Marianne with the motto "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité", a work that has now become a national symbol and is on display at the Élysée Palace. In 2019, he will create his hundredth fresco at Place Igor Stravinsky in Paris, next to the Centre Pompidou. Internationally renowned, Shepard Fairey can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian (Washington, USA), the Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK). He has also exhibited in prestigious venues such as the Fondation Cartier for the "Né dans la rue - Graffiti" exhibition in 2009, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston (USA), where his retrospective "Supply & Demand" was organized in 2009.
“In 1994, when I'd been making my André stickers for five years, I decided to do a series of Pop Art tributes to celebrate this fifth anniversary. One of them was a tribute to Lichtenstein's "Loupe".”
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