NYAB Event - Shepard Fairey Exhibition

Shepard Fairey Exhibition

Pace Prints Chelsea

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Pace Prints presents an exhibition of new editions by Shepard Fairey. The show will run concurrently with Shepard Fairey: On Our Hands at Jacob Lewis Gallery on the fourth floor, the artist’s first solo exhibition of paintings in New York City in five years.

In his new series of prints on handmade paper, Fairey takes on the issue of corporate influence in government and the resulting inaction toward environmental concerns by the powers that be. In Enjoy Paradise, a 3-color relief print, what at first appears to be an advertisement for a relaxing beach getaway quickly reveals itself to be a bleak landscape where the water flows like an oil slick, and towers loom forebodingly in the background.

In his signature black, cream and red color palette, Fairey combines imagery and text in a tongue-in-cheek manner to speak about serious economic and political issues. Paint it Black, pays homage to the history of rock and roll, using Russian constructivist-inspired graphics to depict a hazardous paint can of “Oil Based Policy,” jutting out into the viewers’ space.

The exhibition marks Fairey’s second exhibition with Pace Prints and coincides with the artist’s new monograph Covert to Overt, published by Rizzoli. A limited number of copies will be available for advance purchase at both Pace Prints Gallery and Jacob Lewis Gallery before the book’s release date.