Year2000
MediumScreen Print
Dimensions40 x 24 in
EditionFirst Edition
Edition size200
PublisherObey Giant
SeriesCollaboration
EraEarly OBEY Era
Collector7/10
Visual7/10
Historical7/10
ScarcityModerate
Artist Statement
“In 1998 Kozik called me and asked if he could connect me with some Japanese folks who collected his work and liked my work. It kicked off a great relationship between Kozik, me, and Dept. Japan. In 2000 Dept invited me and Frank to do an art show at their space in Osaka. Frank suggested that we call the show "FUCK Kozik and Giant," which I thought was funny, so I designed some type for it. Frank then invited me to his studio in San Francisco to finish the poster with him. When I got there, Frank, a hero, and major inspiration, pulled out a rough pencil sketch of a scene with rows of his "Smok
About This Print
FUCK Kozik and Giant is a 2000 screen print by Shepard Fairey, published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 200 at 24 x 40 inches. Per Fairey's own account, it was the poster for a 2000 art show in Osaka with artist Frank Kozik, organized through Dept. Japan. The composition pairs Fairey's designed type with Kozik's pencil-sketched scene of his 'Smokin' Rabbits' parading before the Kremlin and being saluted by soldiers, which Fairey illustrated and composed in Kozik's San Francisco studio. The deliberately provocative title was Kozik's idea.
Market Context
No recorded public sales >= $100 - pieces like this are typically held long-term by investors/collectors, were destroyed or consumed, or do not surface on the open market.