Saturday, April 18, 2009

pop art

Shepard Fairey DJs at Coachella

The OBEY Giant founder and piratey Obama campaign artist who GOT THE PRESIDENT ELECTED will DJ at Coachella tomorrow!

From his website, obeygiant.com:

UPDATE: SHEPARD AT COACHELLA, THIS SUNDAY!!!

Hey people going to Coachella… are you interested in good music, how abou cool t-shirts? I’m DJing Sunday at 2:15 and I’ll be tossing out a few limited DJ Diabetic tees ... Try to check out my set. See you in the desert.
-Shepard


Although most bios of Fairey currently skim over or completely exclude any information about the significant time the artist spent in San Diego, in a very ala' Manchurian Candidate way, during his formative early-to-mid 1990s years before fame took hold, this is from the Post No Bills page at gingkopress.com:

... Black Market, a San Diego design agency Fairey formed with Dave Kinsey and Philip Dewolff and which focuses on the action sport and music industries.
~RR
Above, right: Shephard Fairey, photographed by Reviewer Rob at Fairey's Post No Bills (2002, Gingko Press) book signing at Ducky Waddles Emporium in Leukadia.