OBEYGIANT

[Ziggy]

Has anyone heard of the OBEYGIANT art movement? It is this street graffiti movement centered on phenomenology. Sheppard Fairley’s goal is to reawaken us to our environment and surroundings. I thought people would enjoy some of Sheppard’s posters…

http://obeygiant.com/merch/posters-large/gigante.jpg
http://obeygiant.com/merch/posters-small/soldout/obey-zapatista.jpg
http://obeygiant.com/merch/posters-small/soldout/stalin-lenin-banner.jpg

OBEYGIANT.COM (http://obeygiant.com/index2.html)

[revoevo]

Cool stuff, Ziggy. Where is the graffiti done?

[SittingBull47]

indeed. good pics.

In the first one, look at the star on Che' beret. Who's face do you think that is? looks familar to me

[Ziggy]

The graffiti is done anywhere. I live near DC so whenever i go in I see the stencils or posters a lot. I know ObeyGiant is based in California so it has the largest follwing on the west coast, but really it shows up anywhere. The face is loosely based on a sticker Sheppard made which was of the late Andre the Giant, which read, "Andre the Giant has a posse!" Andre's family sued Sheppard so he had to change the sticker. He made a very simple stencil design of Andre, which he simply dubbed Giant. I am sure you have seen it somewhere before, it is a rather large following.

[Raisa]

Cool. I had some of those stickers. Im pretty sure I met the man who makes that stuff before.

[Ziggy]

That is amazing! I've wanted to meet him so badly, but all his galleries are on the west coast

[Raisa]

yeah ..if i am thinking of the right guy, hes a real casual cat. He was pretty cool.