make time to design. if only it were that simple.

A quick follow up from keith’s post about the OBAMA “HOPE” Poster auction, the auction ends today and the current bid is @ $108,000 which has far surpassed the estimated $30,000 value of the print. I hope this goes along way to helping all that Art for Life do.

As I’m sure most of you are aware, Shepard Fairey has been a massive influence on the street art scene and in my eyes is one of the real pioneers. I can remember being fascinated by his “André the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign and then being blown away by his explanation of this as being an experiment in PHENOMENOLOGY (check spelling)!

Any how, a lot of Shepards work has sparked controversy and made us think. His latest campaign is a series of posters supporting Barack Obama’s campaign for Presidency in 2008. He designed 3 posters in total; “PROGRESS”, “HOPE”, and “CHANGE”, all have had a massive impact on Baracks campaign. Obama has even personally thanked Shepard for all his work!

Shepard has been kind enough to donate a one off poster to Art For Life, the piece is 4 foot by 6 foot and you can bid on it by clicking here>>

And if you want more information on Shepard then go check out the ObeyGiant Website>>

Bomb It is a global graffiti documentary featuring some of the most influencial graffiti artists this world has ever seen.

The documentary follows graffiti writers spanning 5 continents, including interviews and guerilla footage of the writers in action.  200 artists were interviewed but only 60 made it into the film, 10 of those are featured on a higher level including the one and only Shepard Fairey.

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