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Shepard FaireySadistic Dog Walker (Diptych, Police Brutality, MESSAGE FOR PRICE)2021
2021
$9,999,999
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Shepard Fairey
Sadistic Dog Walker
Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone paper
Year: 2021
Size: 36 x 24 inches (91.4 × 61.0 cm) each
Edition: 450
Signed by Francisco Reyes Jr.
Shepard Fairey, dated and numbered by hand
COA provided
*Edition number may vary from the image shown. Matching numbers.
Shepard Fairey has created numerous works over the years confronting the realities of police brutality, often employing humor and absurdity as tools to make difficult subjects more accessible without diminishing their seriousness. Sadistic Dog Walker continues this approach by juxtaposing two starkly different lived realities. The image references the violent historical use of police dogs against civil rights protesters, a legacy that stands in sharp contrast to the carefree, insulated experience of dog ownership within predominantly white and affluent communities.
The work highlights the unequal application of power and force, drawing attention to the ways policing disproportionately impacts non-white and lower-income communities. Fairey frames the image as a reflection on the existence of “two Americas,” where privilege allows some to remain detached from abuses that others experience routinely. Humor becomes a strategic entry point—inviting viewers in before confronting them with the underlying discomfort and moral tension embedded in the subject matter.
Artist and collaborator Francisco Reyes Jr., who has long admired Fairey’s police-brutality works, played a role in advancing the conceptual lineage behind the piece. Building on earlier works such as Sadistic Florist, Reyes encouraged the continuation of the “public servant with a subversive twist” narrative. The intentionally provocative tagline—“My Dog Walker Is a Dick”—operates as a disarming hook, softening the initial encounter while preserving the work’s sharp critique and lingering bite.
Together, the collaboration underscores the power of satire to expose injustice, using wit not to trivialize harm, but to force sustained engagement with uncomfortable truths.
Sadistic Dog Walker, police brutality art, satire and social critique, civil rights imagery, police dogs history, two Americas concept, abuse of power, systemic inequality, social justice commentary, activist satire, subversive public servant, cultural privilege critique, political street art, provocative social imagery, contemporary protest art
Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, Francisco Reyes Jr., contemporary street art, graphic iconography, activist art, pop culture symbolism, editioned print, contemporary urban art, collectible fine art print
- Creator:Shepard Fairey (1970, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Kansas City, MO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU608317510322
Shepard Fairey
Expanding on the legacies of artists such as Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Shepard Fairey’s practice disrupts the distinction between fine and commercial art.
A major artist of the street art movement, Fairey rose to prominence in the early 1990s through the dispersion of prints, posters, stickers and murals, related to his Obey Giant campaign, which yielded an international cultural phenomenon. Fairey’s iconic poster of President Barack Obama was adopted as the official emblem associated with the presidential campaign and encapsulates a number of recurring concerns in the artist’s work, including propaganda, portraiture and political power.
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