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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst — Fight the Power

Fight the Power

2025

Fight the Power stands as one of the most politically charged works in the Triple Trouble collection, merging Shepard Fairey's legacy of activist street art with Damien Hirst's pharmaceutical iconography to create a statement on systemic resistance and institutional control. The work employs PVC tiles to evoke the pixelated geometry of urban surfaces and protest banners, while scattered pills introduce Hirst's recurring meditation on medicine as both salvation and corporate manipulation. Fairey's bold, propaganda-inspired graphic style courses through the composition, echoing his OBEY campaign and the visual language of revolutionary posters that demand action over compliance. The title, borrowed from Public Enemy's anthem, charges the piece with decades of countercultural energy, positioning the artwork as a continuation of that defiant tradition. Together, the materials suggest that power is fought not only in the streets but also through the substances we are sold and the systems that profit from them.

Medium
PVC tiles and pills on painted paper
Dimensions

Notes

Triple collaboration: Shepard Fairey x Damien Hirst x Invader

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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst, Fight the Power, 2025

Fight the Power stands as one of the most politically charged works in the Triple Trouble collection, merging Shepard Fairey's legacy of activist street art with Damien Hirst's pharmaceutical iconography to create a statement on systemic resistance and institutional control. The work employs PVC tiles to evoke the pixelated geometry of urban surfaces and protest banners, while scattered pills introduce Hirst's recurring meditation on medicine as both salvation and corporate manipulation. Fairey's bold, propaganda-inspired graphic style courses through the composition, echoing his OBEY campaign and the visual language of revolutionary posters that demand action over compliance. The title, borrowed from Public Enemy's anthem, charges the piece with decades of countercultural energy, positioning the artwork as a continuation of that defiant tradition. Together, the materials suggest that power is fought not only in the streets but also through the substances we are sold and the systems that profit from them.

Medium
PVC tiles and pills on painted paper
Dimensions
152 x 111 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Rebellion Theme, Political Message, Text-Based, Mixed Media, Pharmaceutical, Activist, Modern, Provocative, Contemporary Art, Commercial Materials

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery