Shepard Fairey used to be known for street art: graffiti and stickers. He was best known for his Obey Giant campaign, a plastering of public spaces with a black and white image of Andre the Giant, often with the word "obey" written underneath. (As a side note, I still don't quite believe that this campaign was ever as prevalent as some make it out to be, as I have never actually seen one of these images plastered to anything). But now he's best known for creating a series of limited-edition prints depicting Obama, prints that sold out almost immediately.
His first solo museum show opens at the ICA in Boston in February.
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