CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/10/2021

'Shepard Fairey: 3 Decades of Dissent' is a New Release this week!

This 2019 print of “MAKE ART NOT WAR” (2005) is reproduced from Shepard Fairey: 3 Decades of Dissent, the new retrospective of Fairey’s work (including 30 new pieces) in conversation with historical works from the permanent collection of the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. (For example, "MAKE ART NOT WAR" is paired with three etherial Art Nouveau paintings of an angel, a saint and a nymph.) “These artworks all address the human concerns of their artists and eras, showing that the creative response takes many forms,” Fairey writes. “I’m delighted to see the aesthetic parallels of much of my art with the work of Giulio Turcato or the conceptual provocation of Pino Pascali. For me, art is about instigating and inspiring conversations, and I believe that this show’s multiple layers will provoke thought and rich discussion.”