Artist Statement
“"Enhanced Disintegration" is a painting and print I created for my 30th year in street art based on a decayed and (mostly) defaced sicker of the Obey "Icon Face," one of my most versatile and ubiquitous images. The sticker was on a yellow pole with old cracked paint, which peeled off when portions of the sticker were ripped away. The Icon Face was scratched and written on with a felt-tip marker, yet remains legible. I love the textures of the disintegration and transgression that leaves my image almost scarred into the pole's surface. Bloodied but unbowed and persisting, this image is as good
About This Print
Enhanced Disintegration (Red) is a 2019 Shepard Fairey screen print on cream Speckle Tone paper, measuring 18 x 24 inches. Based on a painting Fairey created for his 30th year in street art, the image depicts a decayed and partly defaced OBEY Icon Face sticker, scratched and marked with felt-tip pen yet still legible, rendered with the textures of peeling paint and weathered surface. Fairey describes it as a tribute to tenacity and the beauty of patina, an image bloodied but unbowed. Published by Obey Giant, it was issued as a signed, numbered edition of 350. A pink colorway also exists alongside this red version.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 150.0. Observed range 100.0–399.0. Latest recorded sale: 2026-04-15. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.