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Shepard Fairey — Sunrise Space
Shepard Fairey

Sunrise Space

2025

Sunrise Space is a solo offering from Shepard Fairey that channels his signature OBEY aesthetic into a cosmic register, combining spray paint and collage on paper to produce a work that feels simultaneously intimate and monumental. The collage technique — layering found imagery, text fragments, and painted surfaces — is central to Fairey's practice, rooting his fine art in the cut-and-paste traditions of punk zines and street postering. A sunrise in space suggests both optimism and the sublime indifference of the universe, a tension Fairey has long explored between hope and systems of power. The bold, flat colour fields and graphic linework that define his visual language translate the cosmic subject into something almost propagandistic, as though dawn itself is a political act worth believing in. Within the Triple Trouble context, the work asserts Fairey's independent voice while reflecting the collection's shared interest in scale, symbolism, and the collision of high and low culture.

Medium
Spray paint and collage on paper
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Shepard Fairey, Sunrise Space, 2025

Sunrise Space is a solo offering from Shepard Fairey that channels his signature OBEY aesthetic into a cosmic register, combining spray paint and collage on paper to produce a work that feels simultaneously intimate and monumental. The collage technique — layering found imagery, text fragments, and painted surfaces — is central to Fairey's practice, rooting his fine art in the cut-and-paste traditions of punk zines and street postering. A sunrise in space suggests both optimism and the sublime indifference of the universe, a tension Fairey has long explored between hope and systems of power. The bold, flat colour fields and graphic linework that define his visual language translate the cosmic subject into something almost propagandistic, as though dawn itself is a political act worth believing in. Within the Triple Trouble context, the work asserts Fairey's independent voice while reflecting the collection's shared interest in scale, symbolism, and the collision of high and low culture.

Medium
Spray paint and collage on paper
Dimensions
53 x 76.2 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Optimistic Mood, Street Art, Bright Tones, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, American Artist, Collage Technique, Space Theme, Urban Contemporary, Contemporary

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery