Artist Statement
“My art is usually social and political regardless of who is in the White House, but my concerns and frustrations are amplified by the election of Donald Trump. I joked while Trump was campaigning that his slogan should be "Manifest Density," a parody of "Manifest Destiny," which was an embarrassingly egotistical pronouncement by rich white men that it was God's desire for them to conquer ocean to ocean in the territory that would become the United States. Trump appealed to an uninformed electorate who looked for scapegoats and were driven by most likely one or more of the dark impulses listed
About This Print
No Future Letterpress is a 2016 Shepard Fairey letterpress print, 10 x 13 inches, produced on cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges and published by Obey Giant. Issued in a numbered edition of 300 and signed by Fairey, the print catalogs a list of negative human impulses that the artist argues have no place in the future he advocates. Created in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 U.S. election, it pairs Fairey's typographic, text-forward composition with his recurring call to move forward rather than backward. The work was released alongside a companion piece sharing the same theme and edition size.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 227.0. Observed range 100.0–2016.0. Latest recorded sale: 2018-04-07. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.