Shepard Fairey: Printing "Harmony & Discord" at Pace Prints

Shepard Fairey spent several weeks in New York in July 2011 and February 2012, creating and printing the works for his forthcoming exhibition at Pace Prints. In this video, he discusses the ideas behind the works and the printmaking processes that he used. All the works were created at the Pace Paper studio and Watanabe Press in Brooklyn.
The exhibition "Harmony & Discord" opens Saturday May 5 at Pace Prints, 521 West 26th Street, New York. For more information, visit www.paceprints.com/shepardfairey
Special thanks to Eli Obus for the July 2011 videography and interviews. See more of his work here: www.wix.com/emo249/eliobus

[@chezceleste]

Always amazed by his work...such energy, such big ideas...and it just keeps coming.

[@66RAW66]

I found myself more interested in watching the printmakers and papermakers do their magic with creating these works :)

[@iamjasmine770]

I am doing art for my GCSE'S. My art teacher told everyone to choose a artist and I chose Shepard Fairey 😁

[@bernimacafiya]

this work is way deeper than a one liner, this vid made me respect his intellect way more than before. his teams technical execution is very good and professional. art for the people not for some stuck up 'know-it-alls'

[@nolansrecovery1975]

To me, the deeper you think it is the more far-fetched it is.

[@shidoink]

That rose at 7:58 is beautiful! really masterful stenciling.

[@GencMustafaKemaller]

Oh I thought he uses Adobe illustrator to make his designs..never knew he does screen printing..this guy is a genius.

[@HeavyLarry]

+berkay kiziltug He could still make his designs on Illustrator, and print them out on to transparency paper which then would allow him to screen print, i dunno though haha

[@alafiestaenllamas]

the tool doesnt matter, i guess its part of the process. peace.

[@jahha3473]

Shepard has always had a clue... great artist...

[@BrittN007]

That stuff is soo cool!

[@daryldooey1]

beautiful .. proper class

[@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems]

His process is alienating.

[@MrPhotodoc]

Maybe but the finished product is uniting.

[@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems]

@@MrPhotodoc yeah other people with machines that mate money with his pockets. (Solution) he should do both. Hand Paint and screen press. And show THAT process. Only then would his finished product be as uniting as much as you're assumption that it does.

[@sasajugovic5618]

LOVE IT ! ! !

[@Vexedart]

Great combination of techniques.

[@blkstone5272]

+vexedart.com are you familiar with making paper out of collage...could you illuminate me on how to make a paper similar to the ones he creates to screen print his images on?

[@Vexedart]

blk stone Hello blk stone. Had a chance to stop by Shepard's gallery a few days ago and see some pieces in person. Not exactly sure but I would guess that you would layer, glue, rip, & stencil over designs printed on a various different thinner papers onto a heavier printmaking paper. Does that make sense? So each sheet would essentially be unique. Are you a screen printer?

[@blkstone5272]

vexedart.com I'm starting to learn. I have always wanted to and I just screen printed my first piece, not the greatest, but I'm looking to consistently work on it and paint. He also mentioned in a doc about sanding the pieces..

[@Vexedart]

blk stone Sounds good. It is the same as anything you are learning. Lot of patience, practice, learning and failing. There are never any short cuts. I have been printing for 15 years. You will develop your own spin on techniques as you go.

[@MrSpawnyboy]

Wow would love to work there.

[@Goring456]

begining makes me want to go to New York...

[@blkstone5272]

what does he use to collage in order to make the paper that he screenprints on? Does he put a varnish over it in order to make it? And when he says sanding and then varnishing his work when its all complete...can someone explain the process and how someone could create something similar.

[@ollieeeeeeeee]

he is a very well spoken person

[@jorgeluizcabraldelima7967]

bom dia . mesmo tendo conhecimento teorico e pratico sobre os metodos de produçao sempre e proveitoso conhecimentos novos. meu problema se define mais nas preparaçoes dos fotolitos tanto manual como atraves de maquina de tira fotolitos. mas o curso esta sendo de grande proveito isso eu tenho toda certeza. forte abraço

[@MrPhotodoc]

Print making at it's best.

[@teakey]

and where are you now. Sounds like you are an Art Master

[@lui2133]

Is that like steel they use for making prints?

[@CravonMoorehead]

I have no clue wtf im watching or how i got here but its pretty cool lol

[@industridesign1]

In this video, he discusses the ideas behind the works and the printmaking processes that he used.

[@ringerman]

Fantastic work. I would love to attend the show, but - it's a bit far from Germany ;-)

[@IranSoca]

es un artesano contemporáneo.. >> contemporary artesany

[@EBIXone]

@Abovetheclouds359 can you tell me which artists are you talking about?I'm very curious

[@leonardopineda3829]

A good graphic artist

[@65ADORNO]

His work reminds me of when I was in Art School. Very sophomoric stuff. One liners.

[@litebritebitch]

I love his work and i do not think its plagiarism people just do not like their photos being used unless they making a profit too or have been asked to use it

[@RobotronSage]

copyright is a right not a wrong

[@redwolfking3467]

good video

[@akosijosh]

He's like doing photoshop in real life! awsome!

[@betsymen]

THE CLASH!!

[@cyrusgraham292]

What's your take on SPACE FORCE!

[@mrajraz]

I have the imperial glory shirt!

[@dylandunne7290]

whats your opinion on sour patch kids

[@NassraKhaled]

If anyone know's where I can buy a copy of the Arab woman please inbox me.

[@TALONTEDGUY]

he's always had technique.

[@Abovetheclouds359]

The death’s head logo of the Nazi Gestapo, street poster from Czechoslovakia’s 1968, One Big Union - Ralph "Bingo" Chaplin. 1917, Black Panther - Pirkle Jones. Photograph. 1968, Down with the Whiteness - Rupert Garcia. Silkscreen print. 1969, Liberate Puerto Rico Now! - Young Lords Party. Silkscreen poster. 1971, Untitled Silk-screen poster - Rene Mederos, Cuba, 1972,

[@SF_Curious]

Great work. I hope it doesn’t end up monopolized by wealthy industrialist which will be counterproductive back to the initial street work dea 💡

[@D3M0GR4PH1C5]

This needn't be counterproductive. There's need for artists to have an upper limit on their work. No hypocrisy in making money. As long as no one is exploited.

[@yazmoz9863]

Genius.. Thank you

[@gohanero]

aaaaaa yo quiero un obey original :3

[@FLSharkdiver]

a lot of people have no clue on how much goes into a Lithograph!

[@bananabean1977]

I miss Shepard's art.

[@te9591]

Does he not make anymore?

[@TheUnholyPosole]

This is some grade A pretentious bullshit, but god damn does it motivate you into wanting to make and sell screen prints.

[@theKIDbio]

They aren't "his team" so much as they're printers working on these editions. Ruth Lingen is wearing a Tamarind apron toward the end. Look up Tamarind Institute to get an idea of how this situation works.

[@RubbelisPro]

you must not know the soul definition of art then.

[@Abovetheclouds359]

Ahhaha Envy lol of what cuhz he can copy and paste what a real talent..ill give Fairey credit the "Andre Obey Giant" paste is sick ass fuck and he put in mad work to get that up and noticed

[@birdpoop210]

Good artist copy, great artist steal - George Zimmerman

[@JOSEPHCHARLESCOLIN2024]

agreed

[@reaponer9900]

Omg they screen print street art just like me

[@Makaybeo]

envy, envy everywhere

[@allangutierrez5187]

i nkow now why its so expensive to by that art because it made of sophisticated things

[@thevet2009]

In combat, I liked using grenades. God bless the military complex. You should do a skin print on Joe and his plunder of Afghanistan (which "was" on a peaceful path to freedom).

[@ziraprod6090]

Yep - this guy is a great artist.... politically a moron.

[@Abovetheclouds359]

Libertad para Angela Davis (Freedom for Angela Davis) - Félix Beltrán, Cuba, 1971 MC5 at the Straight - Gary Grimshaw 1969. Ranger Naturalist Service: Yellowstone National Park - Artist unknown. Silkscreen. Circa late 1930s,

[@Abovetheclouds359]

yeah Ed Nachtrieb "armed Chinese soldier ", Mannie Garcia "obama", John Van Hamersveld’s poster of Jimi Hendrix, Koloman Moser’s 1901 cover for Ver Sacrum magazine,Vladimir Kozlinsky. Linocut. 1919,Dmitry Moor "Have You Volunteered?" Political power comes from the barrel of a gun - Artist unknown. 1968,

[@pimpleneck79]

Jeff koons is the king of pop art..

[@seus2731]

pimpleneck79 Jeff and Andy were artists, the own their… Im not sure what this guy is…

[@_theporkchopexpress]

The bit about corporations having too much influence in legislation @ 4:25 is him describing what true fascism is, which he willingly patronized by churching up Obama the way he did.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

It’s too like Comic pop art guy

[@Abovetheclouds359]

Plagiarize-look it up and yes that can be used to this form of art not just writing

[@hansioung]

therefore banksy is a good artist.

[@neogaki]

He’s good bullshitter

[@kneegrow111]

Good artists copy, Great artists steal, but not from me ~ Steve Jobs, Apple

[@NSP70]

Shepard Fairey's AOC poster is great and how it juxtaposes with his 'Make Art Not War' poster. Supporting a war monger member of congress and then taking the 'no war' stance is an interesting approach; albeit confusing.

[@trackak0s21]

wake up

[@kenjimirano6260]

whos here a lasallian

[@impulsiveurge5837]

mama mo

[@TheCumdogmillionaire]

huh? 4:18

[@kevinkott9853]

"Look at the Arab world as not just terrorist but just human beings with the same desires to have families and live peacefully." Akayed Ullah a fellow human being before Monday December 11 2017 BULLSHIT PRAPAGANDA

[@Abovetheclouds359]

iIts funny they show a paste that says "Art Is Theft" because half the shit shepard does he steals from other artist

[@seus2731]

he says "the screen I made"… but I only see a bunch of other people doing all the screening process and even the cutting of the stinsels.….it seems to me this guy only does the "designing" on the computer and the other people in his factory does the process, and I say factory bcz that place is NOT an art studio, even Andy Warhol was doing all the paiting and screening work himself… eventually he hired one assistance but this guy is just runing a factory

[@Freshskimmer]

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal ~Picasso

[@biggmac812]

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal - Bandit

[@ziraprod6090]

wrong

[@jiru3624]

lol

[@EBIXone]

@Abovetheclouds359 he has got talent anyway.you can't tell that he just copy and paste other artists works.look at the level of design he improved over the last years,look at the overrated obama poster for example:it's very innovative as a portrait and he did a way better job than the photographer

[@picachu9029]

Yeahh a KID can make that but can you also do something that shock the world or politics because yeahh evryone had gis hobby

[@MarinosArmy]

CLickbait

[@muldoon67]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@rockshot100]

Not remotely interesting.

[@Abovetheclouds359]

Copy and Paste.The thing is Fairey takes and dosen't give credit to the artist he is stealing from..thats some toy shit

[@BluM7861]

Sell Out

[@maxwelter758]

Fuck that. He paid his dues. Shepard and Bansky all the way.

[@buddypapas5416]

Max Welter My dude, you understand! So odd to find rational comments here.

[@WakeRunSleep]

Max Welter But if he's so against the industrial military complex and big brother then why doesn't any of his recent work say anything about the tyranny of the Obama administration and NSA??

[@leloodallasmultipass]

Tool (you;)

[@WakeRunSleep]

leloodallasmultipass What?

[@hudekhoustonartist]

This guy is such a phony. He says a lot about nothing that really makes sense.

[@cleverestdevil]

Intelligence sounds insane to dumb people.

[@65ADORNO]

No, No where near the Art Scene. I know the complete manipulation that the market is. It is more of a racket than Wall Street. His work is a one liner. Plain and simple. No one will know who he is in a few years. Commodified street art? Wake me when its over.

[@NineteenEighty8]

Stfu. He's been doing street art for decades. He made stickers and posters popular.

[@efenty6235]

"pretentiousness"

[@Lukifah]

man these are terrible he lost all honesty

[@aurozappa305]

This guy just rips other artists work

[@JoRiver11]

"Look at the Arab world as not just terrorist but just human beings with the same desires to have families and live peacefully." You did not successfully communicate that with your image. It looks more like a makeup ad. Get real. You talk a big talk. I respect your commitment to making art, but you are a lot of show without self-reflective substance.

[@aurozappa305]

This guy is so full of shit

[@nashvillain171]

*So no real original thoughts; just a jumble of exhausting left-wing talking points.*

[@domerdame]

My goodness this is pathetic...an insult to the concept of art

[@fasterdays]

Hahaha, how so?