SHEPARD FAIREY (b. 1970) 'Eat The Rich (Patti Smith)'

SHEPARD FAIREY (b. 1970) 'Eat The Rich (Patti Smith)' Signed limited edition screen print, edition of 550, the image 58cm x 42.5cm American illustrator and graphic designer Frank Shepard Fairey first emerged from the skateboarding scene with his seminal 'Andre the Giant has a posse' (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election for his Barack Obama 'Hope' poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston has described him as one of the best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2010 Fairey created a mural of punk legend Patti Smith at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 2012 Fairey released this print based on the mural.