“It won’t surprise me if that iconic image—already a campaign visual staple—doesn’t sit in the Smithsonian one day as an artifact of this historic race.”_Raymond L. Roker (URB Issue 142)

2008 was a big year for Shepard Fairey—creating the semi-official Obama logo, getting arrested at the DNC in Denver. 2009 keeps the excitement going. First he revised his iconic image for Time Magazine’s Man of the Year cover. Now, the artist who got his start silkscreening Andre the Giant will be on the Colbert Report this Thursday, and his Obama image is being inducted into the Smithsonian Institute this weekend. Congrats Shep.

SHEPARD FAIREY ARRESTED IN DENVER

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