{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Black Hills Not 4 Sale!","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/black-hills-not-4-sale/black-hills-sale.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-01-26T15:21:04Z","description":"Shepard Fairey’s latest mural in Los Angeles calls attention on the many problems of the native’s reservation in the Black Hills! Check this out...","html":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Hills (named after their dark appearance from a distance) are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota. In November 2011, \u003cstrong\u003eShepard Fairey\u003c/strong\u003e and his team created a huge mural in Los Angeles to call attention on the many problems of the native’s reservation\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe worked together with Shepard Fairey over the next several months to collaborate and bring something to the streets of Los Angeles. With help from Miguel of La Barracuda this 20x60 wall on Melrose Ave at Fairfax was secured. What you see here is the culmination of the tireless efforts of Aaron Huey and Shepard Fairey.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result, a classical Fairey styled mural, including the slogan \u003cem\u003eThe Black Hills Are Not For Sale\u003c/em\u003e is not just an impressive piece of art, but also a critical political statement. I like those combinations!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nThe Black Hills (named after their dark appearance from a distance) are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota. In November 2011, **Shepard Fairey** and his team created a huge mural in Los Angeles to call attention on the many problems of the native’s reservation...\n\n*We worked together with Shepard Fairey over the next several months to collaborate and bring something to the streets of Los Angeles. With help from Miguel of La Barracuda this 20x60 wall on Melrose Ave at Fairfax was secured. What you see here is the culmination of the tireless efforts of Aaron Huey and Shepard Fairey.*\n\nThe result, a classical Fairey styled mural, including the slogan *The Black Hills Are Not For Sale* is not just an impressive piece of art, but also a critical political statement. I like those combinations!\n","tags":["Mural Art","Urban Planning","Shepard Fairey","Paper Art","American Urbanism"],"title":"Black Hills Not 4 Sale!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/black-hills-not-4-sale/"}