Bob Marley - Slave Driver
From The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site
Year: 2015
Run Size: 500
Part of Set: none
Size: 18x24
Paper: Speckletone paper
Print Type: Screen Print
Release Date: 02/10/2015
From Obeygiant.com:
This Friday, Feb 6. check out the Dennis Morris Bob Marley show “Revolutionary Dreams,” celebrating what would be Bob’s 70th birthday, opening at Known Gallery. I created a Bob Marley print based on one of Dennis’s photos for this show, that will be for sale there with a limited number to be released on our website on the following Tuesday. The Bob Marley print is an edition of 500. Hope to see you there! -Shepard
The BOB MARLEY Slave Driver print is an 18 inch x 24 inch screen print signed by Shepard Fairey and Dennis Morris. The edition is 500 at a price of $80. Purchase limit is 1 per person/household.
ObeyGiant.com Release date is Tuesday Feb.10, 2015 between 9 and 10am PST in Prints.
The Bob Marley print is based on a photo by Dennis Morris.
“I bought Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibrations shortly after I started skateboarding in 1984, purely because the only good skateboard ramp where I lived was called “The Rasta Ramp.” I had mostly been listening to punk rock, but I was excited to discover reggae, which even more boldly embodied many of the same elements of social protest as punk but in a way that was much more palatable to my parents. I think my parents bought me Bob Marley and the Wailers records for every Christmas or birthday until I had accumulated their entire catalog; my very conservative grandmother even bought me a Bob Marley shirt from Jamaica. I leaned more towards punk, but some punk bands, most notably Bad Brains, embraced both punk and reggae. Bob Marley’s music always cheered me up during my high-school years of personal struggle. I’m always inspired by how steadfast and positive Bob was.” (quote from Shepard’s 20th Year Supply & Demand) -Shepard
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