American Civics, the first-ever collaboration between Shepard and the estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall, debuts August 13 in San Francisco. Fairey is interpreting Marshall’s iconic photography from the 1960’s, including images of Johnny Cash, Cesar Chavez, and Fannie Lee Chaney, with five new works, vividly depicting the humanity behind some of the country’s enduring social issues: voting rights, mass incarceration, worker’s rights, gun culture, and two americas.
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