Artist Statement
“I've been a big fan of Andy Howell's art and skateboarding since the late '80s, and I watched eagerly as he and his partners launched New Deal Skateboards in 1990. New Deal was groundbreaking not only because skaters creatively led it, but because Andy Howell's art and design almost instantly shifted the aesthetics and style of skateboarding from skulls and dragons to graffiti and hip-hop. New Deal was the first company primarily focused on street skating and street culture, and their smart, funny, ads celebrated their role as the "power to the people," "ear to the street" vanguard of skater-
About This Print
Warning Addictive (Second Edition) is the 2020 Obey Giant art print companion to the Warning Addictive skate deck. It is an 18 x 24 inch screen print on thick white Speckletone paper, signed by Shepard Fairey and issued in a numbered edition of 250. The design honors Andy Howell and New Deal Skateboards, drawing on Fairey's long admiration for Howell's art and the early-'90s shift in skate culture toward graffiti and hip-hop aesthetics. The print form makes the tribute available as a framable fine-art object, complementing the functional skate-deck version from the same release.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 150.0. Observed range 100.0–250.0. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-30. Value is the median of recorded public sales (>= $100); low-high shows the observed sale range.