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Shepard Fairey Begins 140-Foot Mural At Holland Tunnel
The street artist, known for his "Obey" Giant campaign and the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, began work on Sunday in Jersey City.
Shepard strikes again, this time at the Holland Tunnel.
Shepard Fairey, the street artist known for the “Obey” Giant campaign and the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” poster, began work on a 140-foot-wide mural at the Holland Tunnel on Sunday.
Fairey began work on the mural - visible from the Jersey City side of the Holland Tunnel – on Sunday.
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He plans to continue working on Monday, before traveling to Detroit to face property destruction charges.
The mural is one half of a two-part project with Mana Contemporary, a Jersey City-based arts organization. Fairey will also be creating artwork for dual sides of a 60-foot-wide billboard atop one of Mana Contemporary’s buildings overlooking the Pulaski Skyway.
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The installation coincides with Fairey’s “On Our Hands,” opening at Jacob Lewis Gallery on September 17.
According to Mana Contemporary, the exhibition of mixed-media paintings will be the artist’s first solo show in New York since 2010.
Photo caption: Shepard Fairey begins a new, 140-foot mural at the Holland Tunnel.
Photo courtesy of obeygiant via Instagram
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