Andre the Giant Has a Posse
Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the United States. At the time, Fairey declared the campaign to be "an experiment in phenomenology". Over time, the artwork has been reused in a number of ways and has become worldwide. Fairey also altered the work stylistically and semantically into OBEY Giant.
OBEY Giant clothing sold at a department store
OBEY Giant image stenciled on a building wall in Athens, Greece
Obey the Giant stencil artwork in Tbilisi, Georgia.
TATTOO the MIDGET has a bigger posse photo taken in New York
Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989 he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Fairey at the installation of THE BLACK HILLS ARE NOT FOR SALE in Los Angeles on November 26, 2011
OBEY Giant clothing, 2008 Nordstrom department store
Mandela by Shepard Fairey Mural
Honest Gil Fulbright SOLD Poster