Shepard Fairey recently in January, revealed his new posters that he would use to protest Donald Trump. He thinks that people should be outspoken about their beliefs towards justice. Shepard Fairey prints, which are basically a great public example of street art gallery, have been viewed as very political by some, but he defends them by saying that he, through the paintings, targets at encouraging deeper conversation instead of what propaganda does -- which is to say this is what you think about something and that's the end of the debate. He said this during an interview with CNN this year.
"We the People" is another set of work that is political in nature, where Fairey painted a Muslim woman, a Latina woman and an African-American woman to show diversity of our society today and the need to accept that diversity.
According to him, he chose these three groups in his work because he felt they are the ones that had been largely criticized by Trump during his election campaign. He said that they would probably be the groups that would be more vulnerable and whose needs would be neglected during Trump administration. According to him, he wanted to let people understand that the statement "We the people" means all people. The free to download posters were released online. It was done in partnership with The Amplifier Foundation
Other Shepard Fairey prints and street art gallery include the image he created of Donald Trump last year, inspired by George Orwell. Named "Demagogue", the image, according to Shepard Fairey, in a CNN interview, is meant to show an all powerful Big Brother that is more or less dictating on how people live because they fear and feel they are being watched all the time.
But Shepard Fairey prints are also part of street art gallery that has created impact in other spheres of the society other than just politics. He has works discussing social justice, the environment and climate change. It explains that his work is still sensible in today's world that is thinking about environmental conservation more than ever before. An example of work that exposes this theme is the "Not One More." Some of his work, such as "Obey", also tell us that we can actually find something different in our streets other than the boring advertisements, street and government signage.
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