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. "That one is probably the most intense of the images, if you know the backstory. Fannie Lee Chaney, who was the mother of James Earl C
About This Print
Voting Rights is a 2016 screen print from the American Civics series, Shepard Fairey's first collaboration with the estate of photographer Jim Marshall. Fairey reinterprets Marshall's 1960s photography, here an intimate portrait of Fannie Lee Chaney, mother of slain voter-registration activist James Earl Chaney. The 40 x 30 inch print was published by San Francisco Art Exchange in a first edition of 100. The image carries a quiet sadness and resolve, foregrounding the human cost behind voting rights as one of five enduring social issues the series addresses through Fairey's signature graphic treatment.
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