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E Pluribus Venom The Art of Shepard Fairey

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ISBN-10: 1584232951

ISBN-13: 9781584232957

Edition: 2008

Authors: Shepard Fairey

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E Pluribus Venom collects a large body of work produced by Shepard Fairey and presented at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in summer 2007. The title E Pleribus Venom (out of many, one) an early motto adopted by the US government which appears on US currency. The artistic thesis is that many becoming one, or a loss of power and influence of the individual in favour of homogeny is a symptom of a society in decline. E Pluribus Venom is comprised of artworks designed to question the symbols and methods of the American machine and American dream and also celebrate those who oppose blind nationalism and war. Some of Fairey's works use currency motifs or a Norman Rockwell aesthetic to employ graphic…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Gingko Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 9.45" wide x 12.32" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Shepard Fairey rose to fame in the street art community in 1989, when he developed the viral "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" campaign in Providence, RI. Like Taxali, Fairey was heavily influenced by the artists such as Andy Warhol and often incorporates popular culture references in his work. Although he remains deeply engrossed with street art, Fairey has since expanded to oeuvre to include print design and illustration. In 2008, he composed a portrait of Obama that was lauded as "the most efficacious American political illustration since 'Uncle Sam Wants You'" by Peter Schjeldal and was subsequently used as the cover of Time Magazine's People of the Year Issue for 2008.