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Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the United States. At the time, Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology". Over time, the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become worldwide. Fairey also altered the work stylistically and semantically into OBEY Giant.
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| dbo:abstract | Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the United States. At the time, Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology". Over time, the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become worldwide. Fairey also altered the work stylistically and semantically into OBEY Giant. (en) André the Giant Has a Posse (littéralement « André le géant a une bande de potes ») est un mouvement street art, créé par Frank Shepard Fairey en 1989, renommé Obey Giant en 1998. (fr) Andre the Giant Has a Posse è una campagna di arte di strada basata su un'immagine creata da Shepard Fairey nel 1989 a Providence, nel Rhode Island. Distribuiti presso la comunità skater, gli adesivi, rappresentanti un'immagine di André the Giant, presero a comparire in molte città degli Stati Uniti. Fairey descrisse all'epoca la campagna come "un esperimento di fenomenologia". Nel tempo l'opera è stata riutilizzata in molteplici modi e ha avuto diffusione mondiale. In seguito, Fairey modificò il lavoro stilisticamente e semanticamente, trasformandolo in OBEY Giant. (it) OBEY – akcja zapoczątkowana przez amerykańskiego artystę street art, , który w 1989 roku zaczął rozpowszechniać w USA stworzone przez siebie naklejki z wizerunkiem słynnego wrestlera o pseudonimie André the Giant. Od 2001 roku OBEY jest również marką odzieżową. (pl) OBEY är ett gatukonstprojekt, i form av en webbplats med en samling budskap/bilder som är utformade som om de vore propaganda men som saknar ett politiskt innehåll. Förgrundsfiguren är gatukonstnären . Projektet beskriver sig självt som ett experiment inom fenomenologi. Enligt sidan så är syftet bland annat att väcka tillbaka nyfikenhetskänslan till omgivningen. Mediet är likställt med budskapet, enligt personerna bakom projektet. (sv) |
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| rdfs:comment | Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the United States. At the time, Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology". Over time, the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become worldwide. Fairey also altered the work stylistically and semantically into OBEY Giant. (en) André the Giant Has a Posse (littéralement « André le géant a une bande de potes ») est un mouvement street art, créé par Frank Shepard Fairey en 1989, renommé Obey Giant en 1998. (fr) Andre the Giant Has a Posse è una campagna di arte di strada basata su un'immagine creata da Shepard Fairey nel 1989 a Providence, nel Rhode Island. Distribuiti presso la comunità skater, gli adesivi, rappresentanti un'immagine di André the Giant, presero a comparire in molte città degli Stati Uniti. Fairey descrisse all'epoca la campagna come "un esperimento di fenomenologia". Nel tempo l'opera è stata riutilizzata in molteplici modi e ha avuto diffusione mondiale. In seguito, Fairey modificò il lavoro stilisticamente e semanticamente, trasformandolo in OBEY Giant. (it) OBEY – akcja zapoczątkowana przez amerykańskiego artystę street art, , który w 1989 roku zaczął rozpowszechniać w USA stworzone przez siebie naklejki z wizerunkiem słynnego wrestlera o pseudonimie André the Giant. Od 2001 roku OBEY jest również marką odzieżową. (pl) OBEY är ett gatukonstprojekt, i form av en webbplats med en samling budskap/bilder som är utformade som om de vore propaganda men som saknar ett politiskt innehåll. Förgrundsfiguren är gatukonstnären . Projektet beskriver sig självt som ett experiment inom fenomenologi. Enligt sidan så är syftet bland annat att väcka tillbaka nyfikenhetskänslan till omgivningen. Mediet är likställt med budskapet, enligt personerna bakom projektet. (sv) |
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