Street Art in Music Videos: Shepard Fairey's Work Featured in "Money" by N.A.S.A.
Graffiti and hip-hop have long had close ties, but the selection of Shepard Fairey’s street art in the “Money” music video for N.A.S.A. gives this pairing a decidedly highbrow edge.
We’ve covered a wide variety of Shepard Fairey’s work at LoveThatTune. As you’ll recall, he was the artist that designed the infamous Obama “Hope” posters and “Obey” guerrilla campaign. The music video for N.A.S.A.’s “Money” uses Shepard Fairey’s work throughout.
N.A.S.A. is a collaboration between Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon; the acronym stands for “North America, South America.” Other artists featured in “Money” include David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip, according to Chunnel. The video was directed by Syd Garon and Paul Griswold.
Following the success of the Notting Hill exhibition in August 55DSL and Mitchy Bwoy have teamed up again to open a new exhibition space in London. Starting December 6th the 55DSL Newburgh Street Flagship store will play host to the best artists you don’t know about but may already appreciate. A collaboration between Rabodiga and Mitchy Bwoy called ‘Hell Hath No Fury’ kicks things off and it explores the basic themes surrounding trust, sexuality and innocence. All the work from this show is available to buy and there are 55 limited edition prints just in time for christmas.
Street artist D*Face is giving others a run for their money with brilliant spray can sculptures. You'll love it even more when you learn about the method. D*Face dressed as a council worker in yellow jackets while he and his crew installed the pieces. They then unwrapped their works of art and sprinted off. Imagine the expressions and the applause of the bystanding Londoners as the street artists sprinted off. Genius!
What do you get when you cross Barcelona's coolest Gallery with Germany's most controversial Urban artist?
German grafitti- and street-artist boris hoppek ischallenging every surface: taking his strong charactersnot only onto walls, but also on various materials from allkinds of backdrops (furniture, papers, blinds, advertisingposters ...) to huge sculptures he builds from used cardboard boxes. All running along some very radical themes:violence, sexual abuse, racism, oppression, misogyny.
The variety of his work is unlimited; hoppek draws quicklywith a reduced line, using selected colors only,thus creating his own character universe and using avery specific, often drastic visual language.
The pictures below are from his exhibition at the Igua Pop gallery in Barcelona, home of teh majority of new skool urban artists:
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