Shepard Fairey
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| - | + | '''Frank Shepard Fairey''' (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary [[street artist]], [[graphic designer]], [[activist]], [[illustrator]], and founder of [[OBEY (clothing)|OBEY Clothing]] who emerged from the [[skateboarding]] scene. | |
| - | During the [[World War I|First]] and [[Second World War]]s, recruiting [[poster]]s became extremely common, and many of them have persisted in the national consciousness, such as the "[[Lord Kitchener Wants You]]" posters from the [[United Kingdom]], the "[[Uncle Sam]] wants you" posters from the United States, or the "[[Loose lips sink ships|Loose Lips Sink Ships]]" posters that warned of foreign spies. Also in Canada, they were widespread. | + | |
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| - | Posters during wartime were also used for [[propaganda]] purposes, persuasion, and motivation, such as the famous [[Rosie the Riveter]] posters that encouraged women to work in factories during World War II. The [[Soviet Union]] also produced a plethora of [[World War II posters from Soviet Union|propaganda posters]], some of which became iconic representations of the [[Great Patriotic War]]. | + | |
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| - | During the democratic [[revolutions of 1989]] in [[Central and Eastern Europe]] the poster was a very important weapon in the hand of the opposition. Brave printed and hand-made political posters appeared on the [[Berlin Wall]], on the statue of St. Wenseslas in [[Prague]], and around the unmarked grave of [[Imre Nagy]] in [[Budapest]]. Their role was indispensable for the democratic change. An example of an influential political poster is [[Shepard Fairey]]'s, [[Barack Obama "HOPE" poster]]. | + | |
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Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator, and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene.
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