Frank Fairey Smart Vandalism

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Street art is visual art created in public locations. Common forms and media include spray paint graffiti, stencil graffiti, wheatpaste poster art, sticker art, street installations, and sculpture. Street art is displayed in a community on its surrounding buildings, streets, and other publicly viewed surfaces. Composed to make a public statement about the society artists live in. The work has moved from the beginnings of graffiti and vandalism to new modes where artists work to bring messages, to an audience. Smart vandalism is used by artists as a way to raise awareness of social and political issues. Modern street art has well-documented origins dating from New York City's graffiti boom, with its infancy in the 1960s, maturation in the 1970s, …show more content…

His father, Strait Fairey, is a doctor, and his mother, Charlotte, a realtor. He graduated from Wando High School. In 1984, Fairey became involved with art and placed his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts. In 1992 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (OBEY) sticker campaign. In 2003 he founded the Studio Number One design agency with his wife Amanda Fairey. In 2004, Fairey joined artists Robbie Conal and Mear One to create a series of "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a street art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective "Post Gen". In 2005 he collaborated for a second time with Z-Trip on a limited edition 12-inch featuring Chuck D entitled "Shock and Awe". In 2006, Fairey joined NYC based Ad agency Project 2050 as founding Creative Director and was featured on the cover of Advertising Age magazine. Some quotes from Shepard Fairey “Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.” Another one "The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important." and “Why is non-commercial public expression considered

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