A Couple More Locations to Obey

Another generous reader sent me some more pictures of a couple other locations that were beautified by Obey (Shepard).

The locations are 37th/Penn and Penn/Main (above the Brillobox). Go check them out in person.


I'm sure more to come...

(Thanks, Ben! Photos by Kelly Horvath)

LA Street Art in Pittsburgh

From an anonymous reader:

Just happened to run into Shepard Fairey putting this piece up downtown today. This Los Angeles-based artist is one of my favorites and I consider myself so lucky to have caught this in the act, so I had to snap some shots. This is located on Wood and First. I talked to him and he told me he was preparing for his show coming up at the Warhol in October.

This is the same artist that created this, this and probably most popular, this, behind the "OBEY" stickers you see in almost every city. Apparently he put some more work up along Penn and other spots throughout the area. If you happen to spot any of these, let me know and send me some pictures!

He'll be at this upcoming event, which you can read a little about on iheartPGH, (for which he created the poster):
Don't miss his show at the Warhol in October!

The Vader Project

From TheVaderProject.com:

"100 Reimagined Darth Vader helmets complete
THE VADER PROJECT
Premiering at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Show runs February 13 – May 3, 2009

The Vader Project - a reimagining of the iconic Darth Vader helmet by some of today’s hottest underground and pop surrealist painters, artists and designers - makes its museum premiere and will be on display February 13 – May 3, 2009 at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. www.warhol.org

The Vader Project is curated by Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys. Kelemer and Marks gathered 100 contemporary artists. Each artist was given a 1:1 scale authentic prop replica of the actual Darth Vader helmet used in the STAR WARS™ films. Each helmet served as a blank slate for each artist to paint, design, mash up and customize.

Featuring work by Shag, Peter Kuper, Attaboy, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Dalek, Paul Frank, Ron English, Jeff Soto, Michelle Valigura, Frank Kozik, Wade Lageose, Joe Ledbetter, Alex Pardee, Suckadelic, Cameron Tiede, Mister Cartoon, Marc Ecko, Amanda Visell and many more, The Vader Project provided an opportunity for artists to use one of the most iconic pop culture characters in film history as their canvas."

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