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Recently added, “Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent” is coming to Greenwich, Connecticut this week! Opening February 7th at Samuel Owen Gallery from 6pm – 8pm. This is the last chance to view my FACING THE GIANT show, a reflection on the last 30 years of my career… if you’re in the area, don’t miss it! As always, thanks for the support. -Shepard
SHEPARD FAIREY
Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent
Location: 382 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT
ON VIEW
February 7th, 2020 – February 28th, 2020
OPENING RECEPTION
February 7th, 2020, 6-8 pm
Please join us for wine and cocktails.
VISIT THIS PAGE TO RSVP!
Shepard FAIREY
World-renowned Street Artist
Samuel Owen Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Shepard Fairey’s latest work, “Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent”, opening this Friday, February 7th, from 6-8 pm in our Greenwich Gallery.
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION:
Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent
Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent represents a dialogue between the 19-year-old punk beginnings of Shepard Fairey and his current life as a 49-year-old artist, activist, punk, father, and husband who’s journeyed through trials both metaphorically and literally. Shepard Fairey has always been an artist who speaks his mind through his art, and his latest exhibition is a reflection that highlights both the continuity and the evolution of his art and his concepts over the last 30 years. The title Facing the Giant references the giant of Fairey’s prolifically disseminated early stickers of Andre the Giant, but more enduringly, the giant issues and forces he confronts through his art.
Fairey is constantly moving forward, and through his progression has gained wisdom without losing the defiant idealism that fueled his beginnings and continues to define his career. The artworks represented in Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent were selected because of their importance aesthetically and conceptually. These works address recurring topics in the artist’s career such as phenomenology, self-empowerment, rebellion, abuse of power, environmental destruction, racism, gender inequality, xenophobia, campaign finance reform, the military-industrial complex, propaganda, war and peace, and economic imperialism. Fairey is perpetually inspired to make art, creating compelling imagery to ignite conversations and provide unique avenues to address challenging topics.
Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent demonstrates that it is possible to marry art and social commentary in ways that are playful, agitational, humorous, seductive, graphically potent, and sometimes even beautiful.
Shepard Fairey is known for his extensive and consistent production of fine art screenprints that began his career and he has continued to create provocative and accessible works with his 18 x 24-inch screen prints. For this survey of the last three decades, the selected 30 artworks will be shown as 30 x 41-inch hand painted multiples (HPMs) which are prints on unique collaged backgrounds with additional stenciling and embellishments. Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent will be the first time that many of these images are available in mediums other than the original 18 x 24-inch screen print editions that have long been unavailable on the primary market.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION (link to https://www.samuelowengallery.com/exhibition/51/ )
