Occupy Wall Street Update

Shepard Fairey asks Obama to support Occupy - BlogPost - The Washington Post:
By Melissa Bell


(Why does this face look like Snoop Dog?)
Guy Fawkes Mask symbol for Occupy Wall Street

Shepard Fairey, a contemporary artist, graphic designer and illustrator in his studio office with a poster print. (Jonathan Alcorn/The Washington Post)

Snoop Dog

In 2008, Shepard Fairey created a political poster that became iconic, and undoubtedly help get Barack Obama elected president. Now, Fairey has tweaked the “Hope” image — “the bright colors, bold lettering, geometric simplicity, heroic poses,” as The Post’s William Booth wrote of Obama’s poster 2008 — for today’s milieu. The new poster replaces Obama (or perhaps simply covers his face?) with the Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous image of the Guy Fawkes mask.