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Shepard Fairey — Big Brother, Version 3
Shepard Fairey

Big Brother, Version 3

2024

Big Brother, Version 3 places Fairey's work in direct dialogue with one of the twentieth century's most enduring political warnings, invoking Orwell's surveillance state through the artist's evolved and refined graphic language of stencil, silkscreen, and collage on paper. As the third iteration of this theme in Fairey's practice, the work reflects a sustained and deepening engagement with surveillance, control, and the aesthetics of authoritarianism — concerns that have only grown more urgent in the digital age. Fairey's technique of layering found imagery, hand-cut stencils, and screen-printed patterns creates surfaces that feel simultaneously archival and contemporary, as though historical and present-day systems of control have been compressed into a single image. The work's place within Triple Trouble connects the street-art tradition of reclaiming public space to the larger cultural conversation about who watches, who is watched, and who controls the narrative. It is a reminder that the OBEY movement was always about making visible the forces that prefer to remain unseen.

Medium
Mixed media (stencil, silkscreen and collage) on paper
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Shepard Fairey, Big Brother, Version 3, 2024

Big Brother, Version 3 places Fairey's work in direct dialogue with one of the twentieth century's most enduring political warnings, invoking Orwell's surveillance state through the artist's evolved and refined graphic language of stencil, silkscreen, and collage on paper. As the third iteration of this theme in Fairey's practice, the work reflects a sustained and deepening engagement with surveillance, control, and the aesthetics of authoritarianism — concerns that have only grown more urgent in the digital age. Fairey's technique of layering found imagery, hand-cut stencils, and screen-printed patterns creates surfaces that feel simultaneously archival and contemporary, as though historical and present-day systems of control have been compressed into a single image. The work's place within Triple Trouble connects the street-art tradition of reclaiming public space to the larger cultural conversation about who watches, who is watched, and who controls the narrative. It is a reminder that the OBEY movement was always about making visible the forces that prefer to remain unseen.

Medium
Mixed media (stencil, silkscreen and collage) on paper
Dimensions
39.4 x 31.8 cm
Year
2024
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Surveillance Theme, American Street Art, Watchful Mood, Warning Tone, Dystopian Reference, Political Commentary, 2020s Era, Monochromatic Palette, Stencil Silkscreen, Iconic Imagery

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery