Artist Statement
“Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 100 I did a poster with Andre-as-Black-Power-guy holding up his fists and saying "Power to the Posse," though the original image I appropriated said "Kill Whitey." As I was printing the posters, I got the idea to leave the thought bubble blank and paste them up on the street as a pseudo-Rorschach test to see what people would write in them. I tried it out, and although I never saw anything particularly awesome written in it, it inspired me to hand the posters over to some of my artist friends—KAWS, TWIST, Andy Howell, Tommy Guerrero, and Aaron Rose—and g
About This Print
Giant Power To The Posse is a 1996 screen print published by Obey Giant, measuring 18 by 24 inches in a first edition of 100. It depicts Andre the Giant as a Black Power figure with raised fists and the slogan "Power to the Posse," reworking an appropriated source image. Fairey originally left the thought bubble blank, pasting copies on the street as a kind of public Rorschach test to see what passersby would write. He then handed prints to artist friends including KAWS, TWIST, Andy Howell, Tommy Guerrero, and Aaron Rose to alter freely. The result is a deliberately open, collaborative work blending OBEY iconography with street-art exchange.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 433.88. Observed range 137.5–960.0. Latest recorded sale: 2022-12-17. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.