Artist Statement
“The first-ever collaboration between Shepard and the estate of legendary photographer Jim Marshall, American Civics, debuts this month! Shepard is interpreting Marshall's iconic photography from the 1960's, including images of Johnny Cash, Cesar Chavez, and Fannie Lee Chaney, with five new works, vividly depicting the humanity behind some of the country's enduring social issues: Voting Rights, Mass Incarceration, Worker's Rights, Gun Culture, and Two Americas. "In this piece, I completely changed the composition. I have the mother behind the kids as if she's leaning over them in a protective
About This Print
American Civics - Two Americas is a 2016 screen print measuring 30 x 40 inches, published by San Francisco Art Exchange in an edition of 100 at $1,800. It is part of American Civics, the first collaboration between Shepard Fairey and the estate of photographer Jim Marshall, interpreting Marshall's 1960s photography. The series of five works addresses Voting Rights, Mass Incarceration, Worker's Rights, Gun Culture, and Two Americas. For this piece, Fairey recomposed Marshall's image, placing a mother protectively behind her children, woven with background and collage elements and a lightened window, departing from the darker original photograph.
Market Context
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