Shepard Fairey Stencil Portraits by Jason Turner

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Shepard Fairey Stencil Portraits

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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Stencil Portraits

The art of Shepard Fairey

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The Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of Barack Obama designed by artist Shepard Fairey, which was widely described as iconic and came to represent Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

It consists of a stylized stencil portrait of Obama in three colors–solid red, beige and light and dark blue, with the word "progress", "hope", or "change" below (and other words in some versions).

Photo by afagen

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Many artists since then have APPROPRIATED Fairey's iconic poster by using other pop culture icons, including a word or phrase that their subject or character represents...

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Do a Google search for "Shepard Fairey prints"
to see more examples.

If this were your portrait, what phrase would go beneath
your portrait?

If this were your portrait, what colors would
you use?

What word would go beneath your image?

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Jason Turner