Obey 'Grammy Poster' SNEAK PEAK

 

Here is a SNEAK PEAK at the 'Grammy Award' poster from Obey's Shepard Fairey that was designed for this years awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

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"The Academy is always looking for ways to engage the creative community, and commissioning the official GRAMMY show art is always a great opportunity to recognize how all creativity intersects," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Shepard Fairey is as much a music fan as he is an artist, and his piece captures the tradition and timelessness of the GRAMMYs, while bringing a fresh and contemporary perspective to represent our 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards."

Fairey, a contemporary artist, graphic designer and illustrator, has spent the last 20 years creating unique and innovative art. A Rhode Island School of Design graduate, he was first recognized for his "Obey Giant" campaign, which was rooted in the counterculture of punk rock and skateboarding. In 2003, Fairy founded Studio Number One, and today it has become one of the top boutique creative design agencies in the country. The agency has produced artwork for a number of musical projects including the CD cover art for the Black Eyes Peas album Monkey Business and the poster art for the film Walk The Line. Fairey has also designed album covers for such artists as Anthrax, Flogging Molly, Led Zeppelin, and the Smashing Pumpkins.

In 2008, Fairey gained national attention when his "Hope" portrait of Barack Obama became an iconic image of the presidential campaign. In January 2009, the original image was acquired by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery and is on display in the Smithsonian Institution as part of its permanent collection.

In addition, Fairey has donated artwork to a number of charitable organizations including the ACLU, Feeding America, Hope for Darfur, Hurricane Katrina relief, and the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. He also sits on the advisory board of Reaching to Embrace the Arts, a not-for-profit organization that provides art supplies to disadvantaged schools. This year the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston honored Fairey with a full-scale solo retrospective of his work entitled Supply And Demand, which is also the name of his career-chronicling book. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Jan. 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network

One Fine Day 'Dials & Dilemmas' + 'Oh Me Oh My' Prints Available

Here are two great prints by One Fine Day, the above prints is called 'Dials & Dilemmas' and it is a 594 x 840 mm giclee print with an editon of 10, comes signed and numbered by the artist for £125 each. The print below is called 'Oh Me Oh My' and it is a 594 x 840 mm giclee print with an edition size of 25 for only £85 each.

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Guy Burwell 'The Italians' Prints Available

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John Baizley 'Phantom Limb' Prints Release Info

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Mark Ryden 'Snow Yak', 'Abominable', 'Grotto Of The Old Mass' + 'Heaven' Postcard Release

Here are samples of the postcards included in the upcoming PorterHouse release by artist Mark Ryden. The set is called 'Micro Portfolio 6  The Yak Show' and it will be availble at 11am EST on Thursday December 3rd. These are 5 x 7 inches in size.

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Fantome 'Reader' Prints Available

FANTOME "I saw this 7 or 8 year old girl in my local corner shop feverishly flicking through the trashy celebrity mags, ingesting more and more, trying to get her fix. I wanted to kind of show what was going on in her mind. Am still trying to understand the crack like addiction of celebrity gossip…and just what happens to all that useless information in the brain…the senseless desire for fame - mirror mirror on the wall who is the most vacuous of them all?" This print is called 'Reader' and it is a 50 x 70 cm four colour screenprint on 320 GSM archival paper. There are two versions, the grey has an edition size of 30, comes signed and numbered by the artist for £75 each and the silver version has an edition size of 15, comes signed and numbered by the artist for £85 each.

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Spacesick 'More Human Than Human' Print + T-Shirt Available

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