Artist Statement
“JELLO BIAFRA The Dead Kennedys album “Plastic Surgery Disasters” was one of the first punk albums I bought back in 1984. I loved the music and lyrics from the album, especially the song “Bleed For Me” which skewered Ronnie Reagan’s foreign policy and human rights record. I bought all of the Dead Kennedys albums that were out up to that point and they were a big part of my evolution toward questioning authority and corporate greed. “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables” is a classic. I have been able to work with Jello Biafra, the singer and brilliant lyricist of The Dead Kennedys, on a few proj
About This Print
Jello Biafra is a 2014 Shepard Fairey screen print, 16 x 24 inches, in a numbered edition of 450 published by Obey Giant and released in March 2014 at 70 dollars. It portrays Jello Biafra, singer and lyricist of the Dead Kennedys, and was developed from a Glen E. Friedman photograph after Fairey designed a Biafra portrait skateboard for Powell-Peralta. The print is signed by Shepard Fairey, Jello Biafra, and Glen E. Friedman, and its collage incorporates the Dead Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles logos created by Winston Smith. It honors a figure Fairey credits with shaping his anti-authority outlook.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 200.75. Observed range 100.0–450.0. Latest recorded sale: Nov 17, 20. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.