In one of my first posts I put up a pic of artist Shepard Fairey’s clean energy poster. He’s the guy responsible for making the now iconic propaganda picture of Barack Obama.

You can pretend to be Shepard Fairey and Obamanicon yourself at obamiconme.pastemagazine.com. You need a clear decent pic of yourself to do it though as I learned on several so so attempts to Obamanicon Jay Smooth during the Jay Smooth Black History Month Quotes Series. I had to settle for makeshift Simpsonizing.

Check out this interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose and street artist Fairey below where he discusses some of his beliefs on politics and art.

Shepard Fairey has a solo exhibition called May Day featuring new works coming up soon.
Opening Reception on May 1st, 6-9pm
May 01, 2010 — May 29, 2010

Deitch Projects
18 Wooster Street, New York City

“Deitch Projects is pleased to present May Day, an exhibition of new work by Shepard Fairey, as its final project. Titled not only in reference to the day of the exhibition’s opening, the multiple meanings of May Day resonate throughout the artist’s new body of work.

‘Mayday’ is also the distress signal used by pilots, police and firefighters in times of emergency.”

For more info visit obeygiant.com

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