Shepard Fairey on Fresh Air

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Spreading the Hope: Terry Gross will be interviewing Shepard Fairey today on Fresh Air from WHYY in Philadelphia. Their site says: 

The iconic poster differed from Fairey’s previous work. The image was unusual, Fairey says, because his political art is usually negative.

“I felt that Barack Obama was an unusual candidate, a special candidate, and that it was worth putting my efforts into making something positive,” he told NPR in a Jan. 2009 interview.

Now Fairey is spreading the message of hope again, this time as the official designer of the Obama inauguration poster.

UPDATE: Note that Fairey corrects T.G.- “Get with the times, Terry.” 

UPDATE: Did Terry just use the term “shout out”?

UPDATE: Terry strikes back about 17 minutes into the interview. She’s quick to correct Fairey that he isn’t as much an outsider as he would like people to believe. Funny.

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6 Responses to “Shepard Fairey on Fresh Air”

  1. RL Tillman says:

    Liveblogging Fresh Air. This is the most dynamic Printeresting post ever, Urban!

  2. jasonurban says:

    Was that really necessary, Tillman?

  3. RL Tillman says:

    Hee hee

    Sorry, my friend. I’m just plain giddy today.

  4. Oba-meh « says:

    […] myself (and my long-suffering special lady). But lately, Shepard Fairey’s been all over the place, and while I think it’s great that we’re inviting graphic designers into the larger […]