Supply and Demand (Gallery Katz)
From The Giant: The Definitive Obey Giant Site
Shepard's Supply and Demand gallery show made an appearance at Gallery Katz, Boston in September of 2004.
Review article from the Boston Globe:
Boston Globe
Calendar Section, September 30 – October 6, 2004
By Cate McQuaid
Shepard Fairey has been flouting the laws of consumer culture since he was a whelp.
Back in his undergrad days at Rhode Island School of Design, he mocked celebrity
endorsements by printing a graphic of Andre the Giant's face on posters over the
word "Obey," and by plastering the streets with them. Fairey still takes his art to the
streets, but he also shows at galleries, in this case Gallery Katz, which has a pointed,
comical array of his silkscreen prints on exhibit. The commentary is biting. One
blares "More Militerry, less skools;" another portrays President Bush cradling a
missile in his arms like a baby. Celebrities Sid Vicious and Tupac Shakur pop up
as false gods alongside Castro and Mao. The aesthetic recalls early soviet propaganda
posters. Fairey makes lush prints; the small ones on wood and metal have an
industrial grit to them, while the large ones on paper have a rich, layered compositions.
It's not just protest, it's art.
Official Gallery Katz images of the installation:
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