In association with our blow by blow coverage of Shepard Fairey’s landmark “May Day” show that capped off a bittersweet goodbye to the now closed Deitch Projects, we thought it would be a good time to bring you a recap of the street action conducted by Shep and his industrious Obey crew. In addition to creating the high profile and massive mural at the corner of Houston & Bowery, Shep invited AM to tag along on two more “legal” endeavors. The first was the parking lot on the corner of Grand & Wooster where Mr. Fairey pasted up a very large image of “Defiant Youth”. This image was actually Shep’s interpretation of Martha Cooper’s famous photograph. Coincidentally Martha was on hand to “shoot Shepard putting up an image of her image”. It all comes full circle right?
The other mural was on the corner of Cooper Square Hotel on the corner of 5th & Bowery. The tremendous four story high “Buddist Monk” (see the one in San Diego) was a more of a challenge. With crazy winds and rush hour obstacles, Shepard and crew worked around the clock (2 days!) to build this work of art, layer by painstaking layer. The result of course was magnificent.
Check out all the action after the jump.
Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (Os Gemeos) stopped by for a little love.
Martha shoots Shepard making a mural of the image Martha shot.
Shepard & Martha Cooper
Good thing we are not afraid of heights
Definat Youth... completed!
Shepard takes time to interview with Jaime Rojo of BSA
The Obey Documentary still filming...
Glen E. Friedman & Martha Cooper
The blueprint was in our hands for about 30 seconds...
Even Shepard buckles up!
Mr. Spray and Pizza boxes... the cornerstones of the Obey Arsenal.
War By Numbers!!! We never forget the classics...
Peace bomber is real smooth...
What do you think... should we do a headless monk?
Yeah a head would probably be good...
The Obey documentary crew was working overtime
Glen E. Friedman with Shep
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- Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (Os Gemeos) stopped by for a little love.
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- Shepard takes time to interview with Jaime Rojo of BSA
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- Martha shoots Shepard making a mural of the image Martha shot.
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- Shepard & Martha Cooper
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- Good thing we are not afraid of heights
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- Definat Youth… completed!
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- The Obey Documentary still filming…
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- Glen E. Friedman & Martha Cooper
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- Glen E. Friedman with Shep
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- The blueprint was in our hands for about 30 seconds…
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- Even Shepard buckles up!
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- Mr. Spray and Pizza boxes… the cornerstone of the Obey Arsenal.
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- War By Numbers!!! We never forget the classics…
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- Peace bomber is real smooth…
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- What do you think… should we do a headless monk?
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- Yeah a head would probably be good…
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- Shepard breaks down the mural approach with our boy Selim
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- The Obey documentary crew was working overtime
