Apotres
de la desobeissance visuelle, Shepard Fairey (dit Obey)
et D-face, sont aujourd hui parmi les artistes les plus
talentueux et
consideres du street-art. Comme l affirme D-face il s agit
"d encourager les gens a ne pas seulement voir , mais aussi
a regarder ce qui les entoure, repenser les stereotypes
de notre culture, ne pas rester passif devant le regne de la
consommation ostentatoire". A Shepard Fairey d ajouter qu il
est
temps de "stimuler les gens a etre plus curieux et
a s interroger sur leur environnement". Une sorte de
revolution
par le visuel, qui detourne les langages propres a la
propagande qu elle soit politique ou publicitaire, est ainsi en
marche.
Obey, de
son veritable nom Shepard Fairey, est un artiste activiste connu
desormais dans le monde entier. L Institute of Contemporary Art
de Boston affirme que c est l artiste urbain le plus influent a
l heure actuelle. D-Face
est devenu quant a lui l un des street artistes des plus connus
au Royaume-Uni.
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Obey
(Shepard Fairey), 2008 |
Dface,
2008 |
Obey
+ Dface
Apostles
of the visual disobedience, Shepard Fairey (aka. Obey) and
D-face, are
now amongst the most talented and famous artists in street art.
As D-face
claims "I want to encourage people to not just see , but to
look
at what surrounds them and their lives, re-thinking and reworking
cultural
figures and genres to comment on our ethos of conspicuous
consumption".
Shepard Fairey adds that in his art, his aim "is to reawaken
a
sense of wonder about one s environment, to stimulate curiosity
and
bring people to their relationship with their surroundings".
Using
the political and advertisement propaganda codes, they are
leaders of
a visual revolution of their own.
Obey, aka.
Shepard Fairey, is a world famous artistic activist. The Boston
Institute
of Contemporary Art calls him one of today s best known and most
influential
street artists. D-Face is on his hand one of the most prolific
and famous
street artist in the UK, always destroying icons to give them a
better
second street life.