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Shepard Fairey — Lotus Ornament
Shepard Fairey

Lotus Ornament

2022

Lotus Ornament is a masterwork of Shepard Fairey's multilayered mixed media practice, combining stencil, silkscreen, and collage across a four-part modular wood structure that demands both close inspection and wide-angle contemplation. Created in 2022 and brought into the Triple Trouble constellation, the work demonstrates Fairey's ability to wed decorative opulence with politically and spiritually charged symbolism — the lotus being a near-universal emblem of rebirth, purity, and the emergence of beauty from difficult conditions. The modular format is significant, echoing the tiled, grid-based logic of Invader's mosaic installations and suggesting that meaning, like the artwork itself, is assembled from discrete units into a greater whole. Stencil and silkscreen techniques root the piece firmly in Fairey's street art heritage, where reproducibility and graphic impact are tools of cultural intervention, while the collage elements introduce textural depth that rewards intimate viewing. As a standalone Fairey work within the collaboration, Lotus Ornament anchors the collection in craft and intentionality, reminding viewers that beneath the spectacle of the Triple Trouble project lies a serious engagement with symbol, structure, and the politics of beauty.

Medium
Mixed media (stencil, silkscreen and collage) on wood (four parts modular)
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Shepard Fairey, Lotus Ornament, 2022

Lotus Ornament is a masterwork of Shepard Fairey's multilayered mixed media practice, combining stencil, silkscreen, and collage across a four-part modular wood structure that demands both close inspection and wide-angle contemplation. Created in 2022 and brought into the Triple Trouble constellation, the work demonstrates Fairey's ability to wed decorative opulence with politically and spiritually charged symbolism — the lotus being a near-universal emblem of rebirth, purity, and the emergence of beauty from difficult conditions. The modular format is significant, echoing the tiled, grid-based logic of Invader's mosaic installations and suggesting that meaning, like the artwork itself, is assembled from discrete units into a greater whole. Stencil and silkscreen techniques root the piece firmly in Fairey's street art heritage, where reproducibility and graphic impact are tools of cultural intervention, while the collage elements introduce textural depth that rewards intimate viewing. As a standalone Fairey work within the collaboration, Lotus Ornament anchors the collection in craft and intentionality, reminding viewers that beneath the spectacle of the Triple Trouble project lies a serious engagement with symbol, structure, and the politics of beauty.

Medium
Mixed media (stencil, silkscreen and collage) on wood (four parts modular)
Dimensions
182.9 x 182.9 cm
Year
2022
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Modular Sculpture, Mixed Media, 2020s, American Artist, Natural Colors, Meditative Mood, Ornamental Art, Contemporary Art, Silkscreen Print, Floral Design

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery