Shepard Fairey Transition Artist Proof AP Revolutionary Love 2021 Signed Print
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About the Work“Transition” is the most contemplative and botanically focused print in the Revolutionary Love series. The composition is dominated by a single, monumental lotus bud caught in mid-bloom — not yet open, not still closed. Its petals are rendered in rich cream against dark navy, with the fine radiating lines behind it creating a glow effect that pushes the flower forward from the expansive light blue field. This is Fairey at his most restrained: the image has no weapons, no fists, no eyes staring back. Just a flower becoming something it hasn’t been before. Above the lotus, a dark five-pointed star hovers at the apex of the composition — Fairey’s recurring symbol of aspiration and collective identity, here serving as a kind of North Star toward which the bloom reaches. Below, a smaller mandala rosette sits beneath the main flower, creating a vertical axis that reads as a visual timeline: the geometric, closed form at the bottom evolving into the organic, opening form above. The progression is the point — the smaller mandala is where the lotus was; the blooming bud is where it’s going. Small white stars dot the dark circular border, lending the image a celestial quality, as if this transformation is happening on a cosmic scale. In Valarie Kaur’s Revolutionary Love framework, “transition” names the disorienting space between what was and what will be — the moment when the old structures have broken down but the new ones haven’t yet solidified. It’s the stage of the labor metaphor that comes after the push: the passage itself, uncomfortable and uncertain but irreversible. The lotus is the perfect vehicle for this idea. In Buddhist and Hindu tradition, the lotus grows from muddy water but blooms clean — the classical metaphor for transformation through difficulty. Fairey freezes the flower at exactly the moment of opening, capturing transition not as a destination but as a state: beautiful, fragile, and full of potential energy. The Revolutionary Love SeriesThe Revolutionary Love series was a 2021 collaboration between Shepard Fairey, Amplifier (a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses art as a tool for social change), and The Revolutionary Love Project founded by Valarie Kaur — a Sikh-American civil rights leader, filmmaker, and lawyer whose TED Talk on revolutionary love has been viewed millions of times. The series comprises ten 12″ × 12″ screen prints, each featuring a different imperative word rendered in Fairey’s signature mandala-and-icon visual language. Each design draws from Fairey’s most recognized motifs — lotus flowers, stars, laurel wreaths, radiating lines, ornamental borders, ocean imagery — recombined into compositions that function as both standalone artworks and visual calls to action. The complete set of ten prints was released on December 21, 2021 at 10 AM PDT via store.obeygiant.com in a foil-embossed box with certificate of authentication, edition of 250 sets, at $300. All ten prints were individually signed and numbered by Fairey in pencil, with matching edition numbers across each set. About Amplifier: Founded in 2015 and based in Seattle, Amplifier is a nonprofit design lab that commissions artwork from leading artists and distributes it freely to communities, classrooms, and organizers. Their campaigns have placed over 1 million pieces of public art on walls, in newspapers, and in schools across the United States. Their highest-profile collaboration with Fairey was the “We The People” series (2017), which became one of the most visible artworks of the Women’s March era. Why This AP MattersARTIST’S PROOF • OUTSIDE NUMBERED EDITION
This print is designated AP (Artist’s Proof) — a designation reserved for impressions pulled outside the numbered edition, typically for the artist’s personal use, gallery placement, or sale through private channels. In fine art printmaking, APs are produced in much smaller quantities than the numbered run (industry standard is typically 10% of the edition or fewer). For a series with a numbered edition of 250, Artist’s Proofs are substantially rarer than standard numbered impressions. AP impressions are identical in quality and printing to the numbered edition — they come from the same screens, the same ink runs, the same paper stock. The difference is scarcity and provenance. In the secondary market, APs consistently command a premium over their numbered counterparts because of their limited availability and their closer association with the artist’s personal archive. About the ArtistShepard Fairey (b. 1970, Charleston, South Carolina) is one of the most influential artists of his generation. He emerged from the skateboarding and punk scenes of the late 1980s at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he created the “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign that evolved into the globally recognized OBEY GIANT phenomenon. His 2008 HOPE portrait of Barack Obama became one of the most iconic political images in American history and is held in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Fairey’s work synthesizes influences from Russian Constructivism, propaganda art, skateboard graphics, and punk rock into a visual language that is instantly recognizable and deeply engaged with social and political issues. He has painted over 140 public murals worldwide, founded Studio Number One and OBEY Clothing, and maintains one of the most active print practices in contemporary art. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Smithsonian, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. What Is Included
ShippingShips flat with rigid backing and archival-quality protective materials. Tracking included, fully insured. International buyers welcome — customs fees may apply upon delivery.
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| TYPE | |
|---|---|
| ARTIST | Shepard Fairey |
| THEME | Love |
| YEAR OF PRODUCTION | 2021 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | United States |
| MPN | Print Love 2021 35b6e0d2-1ff3-4f16-a |
| Condition | New |
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