Obey Giant: Street Art, Propaganda & More

Dive into our archive dedicated to the influential street art and urban art movement surrounding the iconic Obey Giant. Explore articles analyzing Shepard Fairey’s work, its evolution, and its impact on contemporary culture. From the early stencils of Andre the Giant to his politically charged contemporary pieces, we unpack the meaning and symbolism within his art. Discover insightful features on the techniques, the message, and the enduring legacy of this potent form of urban expression. Learn about the controversies, the collaborations, and the continued relevance of Obey in the ever-evolving world of street art.

Obey the Giant - The Shepard Fairey Biopic

Shepard Fairy aka Obey The Giant is not just the head behind the well-known Obama election poster and this cover for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2011 issue. No, he also is one of the early-birds of the international street art movement, a true legend if you like to call it that way and for that reason got his tribute in one of the latest The Simpsons episodes! Now, Shepard is going to get his own first film: Obey The Giant - The Shepard Fairey biopic… ...

Shepard Fairey: Protester of the Year

Urban art legend Shepard Fairey just did it again: After he designed the Obama cover for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year issue back in 2008, he also designed the latest cover which this year honors the Protester and features stories from the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movement. In my eyes taking Shepard Fairey’s design was a good decision. I mean, who could be a better than someone who’s famous around the globe for a certain, eye-catching propaganda look and feel and who also started his career on the streets around the world with his subversive Obey campaign?! ...

It’s a Braw Bricht Muin-licht Nicht the Nicht!

Hi guys, I’m back from Scotland since yesterday! That means for you, that from now on there will be again new articles about graffiti, street and urban art as well as urban impressions from around the globe. My trip to the old and beautiful city of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, was very exciting, although I could not visit the nice urban art spots, the guys from scottish graffiti had mentioned me, because I forgot the passwords for my webmail accounts in Berlin…bad luck. ...

Urban Top Shots #9

Oh yeah, it’s Friday afternoon and there are only a few hours to the opening of this years Backjumps, but before I go off immediately, I will present you the three urban top shot of the week! For those of you, who haven’t heard something about the weekly urban top shots, I will explain it shortly: Every week I feature the three best Urban Artcore shots of the last seven days. Perhaps you have a great shot of urban art, graffiti, architecture, street design, or other urban impressions, too – Become a member of the Urban Artcore Flickr-group and add your photos! ...

Obey in Europe - Video

Some days ago, i actually wrote about the European Invasion by Obey aka Shepard Fairey with some really nice photos of his poster actions in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Today I found this nice video of that action days. It includes a small statement by Obey and a lot of nice impressions from the streets. I started in 1989 with that images of “André the Giant”, the wrestler, just as an inside-joke with some friends. But I really want it to put across the idea of an image, calling the use of public space in the question. ...

Obey: European Invasion

For years, Obey aka Shepard Fairey is a well-respected artist on the streets around the globe. Even though it’s been a while ago that he pasted his well-known Obey posters and stickers, they can be found on and off the streets till now - although there are only a few. But that’s history, because Obey was on European invasion some days ago! That means, that there are new giant poster walls and new stickers on the street signs of Amsterdam, Paris and London now! ...