Shepard Fairy has had a pretty good year. The Boston Globe recounts the year and tells the age-old story of a skateboarder who made stickers featuring pro wrestler Andre The Giant, went on to create a poster an Obama poster for hope, and has a new solo show at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art opening February 6, 2009 which runs until August.
Versions of his Obama portrait have graced the covers of Time and Esquire magazines, and this month, the Smithsonian hung his hand-finished version in the National Portrait Gallery. It is the same place, Fairey notes with an in credulous tone, that has hung “the George Washington that’s not finished on the bottom.”
Yes, it is a wonderful story, isn’t it?
[Link: Boston.com]
