Obey Shepard Fairey

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 17, 2015

In town to open his first NYC gallery show in 5 years, Shepard Fairey, street artist, creator of the Obama Hope poster, and author of (out this month) Covert to Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey (Rizzoli, 2015), talks about his recent arrest in Detroit, his new work and whether he's Hope-ful for the 2016 election.

→ Exhibition: Fairey's series of new mixed-media paintings titled "On Our Hands" opens on September 18th at Jacob Lewis Gallery. Click here for more details.

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