Supply and Demand:The Artwork of Shepard Fairey 20th anniversary edition

[McGinnisM]

This might be old news to some of you but I just put my order in!

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Supply & Demand - The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition [SPECIAL EDITION] (Hardcover)

[DMB22JEEP]

its got an extra 20 pages including obama stuff... i think.. but i also think im wrong... hmmm - can someone verify the content of the NEW stuff added to it?

[DMBTattoo]

where is this located? i cant seem to find it

[DMB22JEEP]

I saw it on amazon the other day... i think...

so biz at work now - ill look it up later

[DMBTattoo]

ah yes, i did find it there, thank you for the suggestion!

[McGinnisM]

Yes, I just pre-ordered mine on Amazon.

[McGinnisM]

An email I got for all of you somewhat close to Boston:

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART / BOSTON
FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY OF INFLUENTIAL STREET ARTIST SHEPARD FAIREY OPENS AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON

SHEPARD FAIREY: SUPPLY & DEMAND
FEB. 6 - AUG. 16, 2009


Boston, MA – On the 20th anniversary of the Obey Giant campaign, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens the first museum survey of Shepard Fairey, the influential street artist who created the now iconic Obama poster. Stickers and posters of the artist’s work have appeared on street signs and buildings around the world as part of a guerrilla art campaign of global scale. Featuring over 80 works, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand traces the artist’s career over 20 years, from the Obey Giant stencil to screen prints of political revolutionaries and rock stars to recent mixed-media works and a new mural commissioned for the ICA show. In complement to the exhibition, Fairey will be creating public art works at sites around Boston. On view at the ICA from Feb. 6 to Aug. 16, 2009, Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand is accompanied by an expanded, limited-edition box set of Supply & Demand, the retrospective publication of the artist’s work, in addition to exclusive limited-edition prints only available at the ICA Store.

Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand features work in a wide variety of media – screen prints, stencils, stickers, rubylith illustrations, collages, and works on wood, metal and canvas. These works reflect the diversity of Fairey’s aesthetic, displaying a variety of influences and references such as Soviet propaganda, psychedelic rock posters, images of Americana, and the layering and weathering of street art. While his visually seductive imagery draws in his audience, Fairey uses his work as a platform to make statements on social issues important to him. The artist explains his driving motivation: "The real message behind most of my work is ‘question everything."

Initiated by former ICA assistant curator Emily Moore Brouillet and developed by guest curator Pedro H. Alonzo, the retrospective exhibition examines prevailing themes in Fairey’s work including Anti-War/Peace, Leaders of Change, Hierarchies of Power, Music, Excesses of Capitalism, and Activism.

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Exhibition Related Programs

Artist Talk: Shepard Fairey
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, 6:30 pm
The subject of a new ICA survey exhibition, Shepard Fairey shares insights into his work which shifts easily between the realms of fine, commercial, and even political art. Tickets: $20 general admission; $14 members, students (with valid ID) and seniors. This program is made possible through the generosity of Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld.

OBEY Experiment
Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, 9 pm - midnight
On the opening night of his first museum survey, artist Shepard Fairey DJs at the ICA’s wildly popular Experiment party. Tickets: $25 general admission; $20 members and students with valid ID. 21 +

Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Shepard Fairey: Supply & Demand
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, noon
Exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo shares his perspective on working with Shepard Fairey in a program tailor-made for the lunch hour. Free with museum admission. Space is limited. Free tickets are available first-come, first-served one hour before the program. Ticket holders receive a 10% discount at the Water Café. May not be combined with any other offer.

ICA/AIGA Design Series: Design as Social Agent
Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bringing together speakers from the fields of design, street art, music, and politics, this day-long event frames Shepard Fairey’s work within the context of grassroots civic action, punk rock, and 80s graffiti and skate culture. Featuring Steve Heller, Elliot Earls, Nicholas Blechman, Luba Lukova, Cliff Stolze, Caleb Neelon, PIXNIT, and Mirko Ilic. Ticketing information TBD.

Bike Tour: Shepard Fairey Off Site
Sunday, May 17, 10 am
Sunday, June 28, 10 am
Exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo leads a bike tour of Fairey’s public work in Boston and Cambridge. Stopping at six locations along the way, Alonzo will talk about the context, content, and culture of the artist’s work and the relationships between graffiti, public art, graphic design, and advertising. The tour will cover approximately 10 miles. Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 ICA members, students, and seniors
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.ICABOSTON.ORG
The Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
www.icaboston.org

[MUZZ]

anyone going to check this out?

[McGinnisM]

Did anyone order this? I got my email from Amazon that it shipped and I should have it by Tuesday.

[FonzFan]

i ordered it from my campus bookstore, should be here shortly

[MUZZ]

there is a lot of his work starting to show up on the boston streets. looks great! cool article in the boston herald today also!

[jrh83]

I really want to make a road trip and see this show

[DMB22JEEP]

i ordered it from my campus bookstore, should be here shortly

Can you get your parents to pay for my copy also?

:rolleyes college.... best 12 years of my life!

[FonzFan]

haha mom and dad just bought me the copy today and i have to say it is the best $60 they have ever spent. its honestly worth every penny, every single page is packed with his artwork, the publisher didnt mess around, it really is a prolific example of his entire career. i didnt get the special edition one with the obama stuff but its still an amazing book.

...now to check if the bookstore can order the gig poster book for me... haha

[McGinnisM]

I highly suggest this to anyone, it's full of great stuff. Mine came with a folded up poster, and although it's not too valuable, it's the Guns N Roses I've been looking for FOREVER!

(I'd still buy an offset or 1st edition though)

[DMB22JEEP]

I highly suggest this to anyone, it's full of great stuff. Mine came with a folded up poster, and although it's not too valuable, it's the Guns N Roses I've been looking for FOREVER!

(I'd still buy an offset or 1st edition though)

who did you order from that you got the poster?

[McGinnisM]

Amazon

[jrh83]

Just picked this up

[MUZZ]

very good book. i didnt want to pay the $16 shipping from obey.com so i drove to the ICA store and paid $11 to park....wait a minute, what.....oh well. well worth it!