ᐅ Warning Addictive by Shepard Fairey (OBEY) (2020) | Print

Artwork information

Technique

Screen printing on skateboard

Date

2020

Dimensions

81 cm x 22 cm

Signature

Signed

Proof(s) of authenticity

Sold with a certificate of authenticity.

State of conservation

Very good

Framing

Location

Rhône-Alpes, France

Description

Screenprint on hard maple skateboard, tinted 7 times. Numbered edition of 400 with 14 artist's proofs.

Board dimensions: 81 x 22 cm - 8 ⅝ x 31 ⅝ inches
Nose - 6 ⅞ inches
Tail - 6 ⅝ inches
Wheelbase - 14 inches

Accompanied by a numbered certificate of authenticity issued by New Deal Skateboards. Board designed by Shepard Fairey and based on his original painting "WARNING ADDICTIVE!"

Design by Gorm Boberg. Deck Shape handmade by Professor Schmitt. Manufactured by PS Stix.

Provenance

NEW DEAL

The artist

Painter

Drawer

Shepard Fairey (OBEY)

Famous artist

Painter

Drawer

Born in 1970

United States

Bio

Shepard Fairey, known as Obey, was born on February 15, 1970 in Charleston in the United States.

From an early age, he has been passionate about drawing. He is also passionate about skateboarding. At the age of 14, he drew images for t-shirts and skateboards.

Obey is very influenced by Andy Warhol and Alexander Rodchenko. At the end of the 80s, he invented the famous Obey symbol thanks to a poster campaign with a bunch of friends.

His art became world famous thanks to his Hope poster which became Barack Obama's campaign poster in 2008. The artist is now considered one of the pillars of international street art.

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