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10/10/2008

Obey + Dface

Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris

Apostles of the visual disobedience, Shepard Fairey (aka. Obey) and D-face, are now amongst the most talented and famous artists in street art. As D-face claims " I want to encourage people to not just 'see', but to look at what surrounds them and their lives, re-thinking and reworking cultural figures and genres to comment on our ethos of conspicuous consumption". Shepard Fairey adds that in his art, his aim "is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one's environment, to stimulate curiosity and bring people to their relationship with their surroundings". Using the political and advertisement propaganda codes, they are leaders of a visual revolution of their own.

D-Face, aka. Richard Stockton, grew up in London and had a childhood interest in graffiti. He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of New York subway graffiti in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines. He is now one of the most prolific street artist in the UK, always destroying icons to give them a better second street life. Influences included Jim Philips, hip hop, punk music, and popular animated cartoons.

Obey, aka. Shepard Fairey, is a world famous artistic activist. Even if you haven't realized that you're familiar with his work, you are. They are all around the world. Shepard Fairey is a contemporary artist who emerged from the skateboarding scene and became known initially for his "André the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign in 1989. The Boston Institute of Contemporary Art calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. In a manifesto he wrote in 1990, he links his work to Heidegger's concept of phenomenology. His "Obey" Campaign draws from the John Carpenter movie "They Live" which starred pro wrestler Roddy Piper, taking a number of its slogans, including the "Obey" slogan, as well as the "This is Your God" slogan. Some see him having cynically turned graffiti culture into a self-promoting ad campaign. On the other hand, art critic Robert L. Pincus says Fairey's art is "political art with a strong sense of visual style and emotional authenticity. Even in times when political art has ebbed, Fairey's has just the right balance of seriousness, irony and wit to fit the mood of the moment."

Image: D-face, St Improvements 5 Artist Proofs Each from an edition of 20 9 colour screen print with varnish on 410gsm somerset satin paper. Signed & numbered 79 cm x 40.5 cm

Opening saturday Oct 11th 2008, 6 to 9PM

Galerie Magda Danysz
78, rue Amelot Paris 11 - France
Opens from tuesday to friday from 11 to 7 and saturday from 2 to 7

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