Disinformation Damage, 2024

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Shepard Fairey (OBEY) - Disinformation Damage 2024
Original signed and numbered serigraph on cream Speckletone paper - Dimension 30.5 × 61 cm
Shepard Fairey continues his artistic commitment by proposing a work as aesthetic as it is profoundly current. This original serigraph, published in only 275 copies on cream Speckletone paper, is signed, dated, and numbered by the artist by hand. Through a striking graphic composition and a universal message about the dangers of disinformation, OBEY recalls the essential role of critical thinking in our contemporary societies. Accompanied by its gallery certificate, this edition is a rare opportunity to acquire an emblematic work by one of the most influential artists in international street art.
A work manifest on information in the digital age
With Disinformation Damage, Shepard Fairey signs a powerful work that questions one of the greatest issues of our time: disinformation.
In a geometric composition of remarkable precision, the artist builds a visual language where lines, light beams, and triangular shapes symbolize the circulation of information. At the center, a monumental eye immediately draws the gaze: it represents vigilance, critical thinking, and our ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
The inscription placed in the upper part summarizes the entire scope of the work:
"Disinformation wreaks havoc at speed. Truth works slowly to repair damage."
("Disinformation sows chaos at high speed. Truth takes time to repair the damage.")
This phrase makes this serigraph much more than a decorative work: it becomes a contemporary manifesto on media, social networks, and collective responsibility in the face of information.
Shepard Fairey's emblematic palette—red, cream, and blue—reinforces the graphic impact while placing this creation within the immediately recognizable aesthetic of the OBEY movement.
Great works are not just beautiful.
They ask questions.
In a world where information can travel around the planet in seconds, Shepard Fairey reminds us that truth often advances more slowly than lies.
At the center of the composition, an eye watches us.
But in reality…
It is we who are invited to look differently.
Every line evokes a flow of information.
Every geometric shape recalls the fragmentation of our perception.
Every color draws our attention to a world saturated with images where vigilance becomes a necessity.
With , Shepard Fairey does not seek to impose an opinion.
He invites us to reflect.
To slow down.
To check.
To think.
This work goes beyond the framework of street art to become a true testimony to our time, where art fully regains its primary function: to awaken consciences.
About the artist
Born in 1970 in Charleston (United States), Shepard Fairey, globally known as OBEY, is one of the major figures in contemporary urban art.
Revealed in the late 1980s through his Obey Giant project, he gained international renown with the HOPE poster, created for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, which became an icon in the history of political graphic design.
His work mixes influences from constructivism, graphic propaganda, Pop Art, and activism. Through his works, he addresses themes such as freedom of expression, social justice, human rights, ecology, and the power of the media.
His creations are today in the collections of prestigious institutions such as the MoMA in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, or the Smithsonian.