When contemporary art cult fave Shepard Fairey started "campaigning" for
Barack Obama, he created original collages assembling inspiring portraits of Obama above titles like HOPE, PROGRESS and CHANGE. We saw them silkscreened on tee shirts
worn by the likes of Ryan Phillippe that soon became impossible to get, selling for thousands on eBay. Now for the true connoisseur -- of politics
and art -- the rare opportunity exists to
bid on one of the original three pieces,
OBAMA HOPE. Currently at $60,000, the piece is being auctioned by Westport, CT-based CharityBuzz, which will donate profits to the
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, providing access to the arts to disadvantaged urban youth. CharityBuzz will accept bids until July 24, but if you miss this potentially revolutionary piece of art, you can at least order the
sticker version online at Sticker Robot. Big spender yours truly just snagged ten of them.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
brucewendell Jul 16th 2008 9:40PM
yeah, i decided to spend my extra 60k on stickers too.
the sticker dump truck should be arriving at my condo any day now.
Carrie Jul 16th 2008 11:46PM
The new Obama sticker says "I take your cash and give you $change$"