Artist Statement
“This print is a comment on corporate subsidy. While average Americans struggle to make ends meet, many profitable industries and corporations receive tax breaks and subsidies. This is due to the dangerously disproportionate influence corporations have on politics and policy. Too much power under current campaign finance structure yields the ability for corporations to manipulate politics. A lot of people freaked out that the Obama administration lost taxpayers about $600 million by investing in Solyndra, a solar panel company developing a new technology, which went bankrupt. However, few peop
About This Print
"Corporate Welfare" is a 2015 Shepard Fairey screen print published by Obey Giant, measuring 18 x 24 inches on cream speckle tone paper as a signed and numbered first edition of 450, released at $55. The work is a pointed comment on corporate subsidy, contrasting the tax breaks and subsidies that profitable oil and gas industries receive with the struggles of average Americans. Fairey's text references the disproportionate political influence of fossil-fuel companies, the Solyndra controversy, and lopsided energy subsidies. A portion of the proceeds was designated to benefit Rootstrikers and Represent.US, anti-corruption advocacy organizations.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 165.0. Observed range 100.0–450.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-07. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.