Artist Statement
“PROPAGANDA INDUSTRIES Screen Print 18 x 24 inches Edition of 200” — Shepard Fairey
About This Print
Propaganda Industries is a 2001 Shepard Fairey screen print, published by Obey Giant in a first edition of 200, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The image fuses the OBEY visual language with the vocabulary of advertising and corporate branding, framing Fairey's own propaganda machine as an 'industry.' Built on bold typographic blocks, flat color fields, and the recurring OBEY star-and-icon system, the print presents commercial-poster aesthetics as a self-aware comment on consumerism and the manufacturing of influence. It is a mid-size early-period screen print typical of Fairey's Obey Giant studio output in this era.
Market Context
Estimated market value: 661.25. Observed range 529.0–793.5. Latest recorded sale: 2024-06-24. Limited recorded sales. Estimate is a hypothetical projection at ~15% flat annual growth, shown as an 80-120% band; treat as indicative.