Congratulations to native Charleston graphic artist Shepard Fairey who is getting all SORTS of attention for his fab Barack Obama poster. In The Washington Post:
"LOS ANGELES -- When the street artist and guerrilla marketer Shepard Fairey got word from the Obamaa people that they would welcome his contribution to the campaign, he knew what he wanted to create: a phenomenon."
"All political art is propaganda (that is the point), but most political posters are bland, forgettable, wallpaper, like Fred Thompson on an off day. Fairey wanted something more iconic -- aspirational, inspirational -- and cool. In other words, he wanted to make posters that the cool cats would want. The 2008 Democratic primary season equivalent of the Che poster (with all that implies). More Mao, more right now. The kind of poster that might make its way onto dorm room walls of fanboys. The kind of poster that might sell on eBay, as a signed Fairey Obama recently did, for $5,900. He wanted his posters to go viral."
Read the story. Here's the photo.
(Shepard Fairey put his street-art sensibility to work for his candidate
of choice, in hopes of "appealing to a younger, apathetic audience." By Jonathan Alcorn For The Washington Post
A few other good things to read, if you haven't read 'em already:
The Hillary Lesson: What Hillary Clinton's Campaign Has Taught Our Daughter
Baltimore Sun's great pix of Big Brown!
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