Covert to Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey

(Hardback)

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Cover to Overt showcases the art and poster work from the last several years of the seminal artist, cultural chronicler and cult-hero, Shepard Fairey aka OBEY. The book looks at his evolution toward art installations, cross-cultural artworks, music/art collaborations, and street wear. In addition to his triumphant return to his street-art roots with murals. Allnever-before-published.

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"[Covert to Overt] busts up the years from 2010 to 2014 into epochs of visual history and inspiration . . .Peppering the monograph's more than 250 pages are the fruit of Fairey's recent labors--all the murals, installations, music events and exhibitions -- both stateside and abroad, as well as a section devoted to his varied collaborations . . . "
-MassAppeal.com

"[Covert to Overt]is meant to help turn the page on the Hope chapter by highlighting some of the street murals, mixed media, installations, silkscreens, art-music events and other pieces of work he has done since. The tome also spells out his influence with such notables as Russell Brand, Chris Stein and Jello Biafra."
-WWD ONLINE

Author Bio

Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He earned a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. He is best known as OBEY.