Shepard Fairey has created his most monumental work on the wall of an abandoned factory in London
ARTinvestment.RU   02 июля 2012

Shepard Fairey adorned with a giant graffiti wall of the former factory, which soon becomes a part of the cultural center of London Pleasure Gardens

Shepard Fairey American artist (Shepard Fairey), famed for his poster« Hope »depicting Barack Obama and the numerous lawsuits from copyright infringement, established in London, his most monumental work. Graffiti as tall as a ten-house adorned the wall of an abandoned factory, which will soon become a part of the cultural center of London Pleasure Gardens. This cultural center in the London borough of Newham will be officially opened this Saturday free music festival «A Night in Paradise» («Night in Paradise"). London Pleasure Gardens occupy an area of ​​8 acres on the banks of the Thames River and will consist of several buildings (including the venue for concerts and shows at the 27,000 people), floating on the river bars, marina and park sculptures.

Graffiti Fairy in a sign painter for the white-red-blue scale represents a megaphone, surrounded by phrases such as advertising slogans: «Amazing, portable, powerful! Attention, amplify your voice, projects free speech great distances »(« amazing, portable, powerful ... attention ... dressing your voice ... represents huge prospects of freedom of speech "). The work is written on the wall entirely by hand, and, as Fairey said, "symbolizes the freedom of speech and expression».

addition to the Fairy factory building have left their mark, and other famous artists - Ron Inglish (Ron English ), Risk and TrustoCorp. Their works include images Airbus, London double-decker buses and fictional humorous corporate logos.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

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