Shepard Fairey Opening Tonight
Ubiquitous street artist Shepard Fairey will be hosting two opening receptions this week for his new show E Plurbis Venom. Shepard is best known for his OBEY Giant campaign, recent projects have included movie posters (Walk the Line), CD covers (Smashing Pumpkins) and guitars (Fender Joe Strummer Telecaster). The show will be huge, taking place in two locations.
Main Gallery in Chelsea:
Jonathan LeVine Gallery - 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor
Opening reception Saturday, June 23rd from 6-9pm
Exhibition is on view from June 23rd to July 23rd
Second Gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn:
81 Front Street @ Washington Street
Opening reception Thursday, June 21st from 7-10pm (RSVP Only)
Exhibition is on view from June 22nd to July 7th
Supertouch has a sneak peek of the DUMBO installation.
Jonathan LeVine has more details and RSVP info for tonight. Best Fwends is scheduled from 6-7 so you should be able to catch both.


Are all of those Obey t-shirts that I see douchebags wearing really made by Shepard Fairey? Say it ain’t so or I’ll hang myself with an Armani belt.