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Shepard FaireyWar By Numbers (Grenade and Rose, Anti-War, Portrait, Iconic, ~32% OFF)2024
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Shepard Fairey
War By Numbers
Letterpress on Cream Cotton Paper with Hand-deckled Edges
Year: 2024
Size: 20.5 x 15.25 inches (52.07 x 38.74 cm)
Edition: 450
Signed, dated and numbered by hand
Printer's chop in lower left corner
COA provided
*Edition number may vary from the image shown.
War By Numbers presents a haunting image in which a young girl cradles a grenade adorned with a rose as bombers fly overhead. Her posture is deliberately innocent—eyes seemingly closed, lips nearly touching the weapon in her hands as if it were a doll—creating a disturbing contrast between childhood vulnerability and instruments of war. The sense of danger is unmistakable, heightened by the positioning of her fingers on the grenade’s trigger.
The composition poses a pointed question: How did war become so commonplace and banal that it could be rendered in the visual language of a paint-by-numbers image? By adopting this familiar, almost playful aesthetic, Shepard Fairey underscores the normalization of violence in contemporary culture and challenges viewers to confront their own desensitization.
In keeping with Fairey’s long-standing commitment to activism through art, a portion of the proceeds from War By Numbers benefits the humanitarian work of Doctors Without Borders, supporting medical aid in war-torn regions around the world.
War By Numbers, grenade and rose imagery, anti-war art, paint-by-numbers aesthetic, symbolic portrait, innocence and violence, bombers overhead, childhood in conflict, political print, social critique, wartime symbolism, humanitarian benefit print, trigger imagery, visual irony, protest art
Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, contemporary street art, political activism, propaganda aesthetics, social commentary, graphic iconography, anti-war messaging, pop culture critique, modern printmaking
- Creator:Shepard Fairey (1970, American)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Width: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Kansas City, MO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU608317456682
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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