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The art the more of political country is just publicity, annoying of ordinary and forgettable one. When Shepard Fairey obtained the word that the country of Obama would welcome his work, the guerrilla that puts on the market genius went to treat to create a new phenomenon. It exposed to create something idol, something more just posts it average political country. It wanted to create THE poster for the 2008 Democratic party. The hip of something and "now", that would do his manner on the walls of residences of high school through the country".

I wanted strong. I wanted wise, but not intimidating," Shepard Fairey said of the appearance of its posters of Obama of limited editions, that sold well more than 80, 000 copies since their relacchement, and all was copied through the internet, as the people try to jump on the Obama/Fairey phednoma¨ne.Shepard Fairey is the punk one of skater, turned CEO. It won the fame in 1989 to the Rhode Island School of Conception, when it created Obeys it the Gigantic country, while slapping "Andre that the Gigantic A a Detachment" the posters and the self-adhesive ones on any and every available surface, creating a country of viral marketing before of it was the "in" the thing to do.

His Obeys the Gigantic country created a niche market for his style of rebel of work of art and of graphics. It created since the art work for the films and the music (the cover of album of "Mothership" of Zeppelin of Led). To 38 with the good childish locks, it always routinee appears to the functions in a simple equipment of John and a t chemise.il did the political work in the past. In 2000 it helped the country for Ralph Nader and in 2004 it painted George W. Bush as a smiling vampire. In 2008 it launched again his hat in the political arena when it decided that it wanted to do country for Barack Obama. Because of his a little rebels passed, because of Fairey took a more prudent approach, because of the Fact that it did not want to cause the political evil in the country of Obama. Nevertheless the country of Obama was all for him and asked that Fairey perseveres in its projects, a lot of to the surprise of Fairey.

To create the poster, Fairey seized itself of a "to look at political" the picture of Obama of internet. It simplified then the picture in a collection of lines and bold geometries, using red patriotic the one, the white, and the blue palette, and stamp the posters with the word HOPE, the CHANGE, and the PROGRES. The pictures became a cultural phenomenon and now can be found on the internet for an a lot of higher prices than an original one of Fairey wanted the price of the orignal almost 950 characters. That became a type of the item of the collector to the supporters of Obama and to the fascinated art of even.

Fairey promises that it has more turns on his sleeve, but we can await only and can see that it has in the store for us after.