"Liberté Egalité Fraternité" by Shepard Fairey alias Obey (born in 1970)

Lot 52 - "Liberté Egalité Fraternité" by Shepard Fairey alias Obey (born in 1970)
American street artist
Polychrome lithograph, signed.
Framed under glass.
Year of realization: 2018
Work initially made at the intersection of Boulevard Vincent-Auriol and Rue Nationale (Paris-France) is painted after the attacks of November 13, 2015. Subsequently this work is transposed into a painting, for a time hung at the campaign headquarters of "La République en marche!", then installed at the Élysée Palace, after the victory in the presidential election of Emmanuel Macron, whom the artist met.
Dimensions: H: 90; L: 60 cm
Shepard Fairey discovered the world of graphic design at the early age of 14, when he drew images for t-shirts and skateboards that were inspired by the work of artists such as Andy Warhol and the Russian artist Alexander Rodchenko.
In the late 1980s, Obey and a group of friends from the Rhode Island School of Design created a series of stickers and posters featuring the figure of wrestler Andre the Giant and plastered thousands of them on walls in American cities. Andre the Giant Has a Posse is one of the first and most important "viral" street art campaigns, demonstrating the capacity and strength of this new illegal medium.
His work became world famous during the 2008 US presidential campaign, with the creation of the HOPE poster of Barack Obama which became an icon of the campaign. The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston considered Obey to be one of the best and most influential street artists of our time.