Fri, Oct 07 2016
Jihaari Terry: Live from the Dish Pit
Our friend Jihaari Terry just dropped a new tape titled Live From the Dish Pit. You should listen to it….I think you’ll like it a lot.
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Fri, Oct 07 2016
Brian Anderson: Leader of the Pack
Growing up there were three videos that specifically influenced where my skating, and probably overall life, went: The End, Photosynthesis, and Welcome to Hell. Each video had stand out parts from skater’s who became huge inspirations in my life: Heath Kirchart, Jason Dill, Jeremy Klein, and of course Brian Anderson.Read more
Wed, Sep 28 2016
OBEY IN VEGAS & LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL X CORPORATE WELFARE MURAL
Last week I was in Las Vegas for the Life is Beautiful (LIB) festival. I was happy to be part of this festival which aims to bring together music, art, food, and learning in downtown Las Vegas.Read more
Tue, Sep 27 2016
IDIOCRACY Screening in Echo Park- #MakeAmericaSmartAgain
Over the the weekend, the OBEY Crew headed out to Echo Park for a special screening of cult comedy “Idiocracy”, put on by #MakeAmericaSmartAgain and Eat|See|Hear. Make America Smart Again is an initiative started by Shepard and Amanda Fairey that aims to combat apathy and empower people to participate in the political process and go out and vote.Read more
Sat, Sep 17 2016
Friday Film Feels Euro Edition
A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to finally take a real vacation after 14 years. I normally only travel for work, so this was definitely something new for me. Here’s a look at some of the many rolls of film I shot while trekking through Italy. More to come next week. EnjoyRead more
Fri, Sep 09 2016
OBEY X Bad Brains & Behind the Collab
“I’m incredibly honored to create art with Bad Brains and to be connected to a band that has provided so much inspiration, energy, and sheer pleasure for me over the years. In addition to the Banned in Babylon exhibition, we’ll also be debuting the OBEY Clothing x Bad Brains collaboration. The goal was to make new images that refer to Bad Brains’ history and authenticity, but also add some Obey flavor in both the artwork and the clothing. Thanks, Bad Brains for the inspiration and for letting us collaborate with you as we move into the future!Read more
Mon, Sep 05 2016
Ellie Andrews: Studio Visit
Ellie Andrews is an illustrator, graphic designer, painter, image maker that is based in south London. Her bright pop imagery reminds me of Keith Haring and Eduardo Paolozzi brought into a modern context.Read more
Tue, Aug 30 2016
Kyle Platts: London illustrator studio visit
Kyle Platts is a freelance artist and illustrator based in London. I spent the afternoon with Kyle at his home studio in Peckham. He is influenced by anthropology, hot rods, nature, bad skin and psychedelia (although he does not smoke weed). He mostly works with fine nib Rotring pens, but also enjoys using pencils, paint and computers (illustrator, photoshop and whatnot). I’ve been a fan of Kyle’s work for a while, I really enjoy his take on modern city life, through humor and in the medium of comics. Kyle has been commissioned by many companies for his engaging imagery and story telling. Just a few of the clientele include: Converse, The New York Times, MTV, Lazy Oaf and many more. Kyle’s comics have always made me literally laugh out loud, for example the image below ‘I’m Smoking For Two Now’. I loved looking through Kyle’s sketchbooks when I visited his studio, it was exciting to see the work process. Photos of Kyle’s sketchbooks are featured below. Thanks for having me man! visit Kyle’s website for more work: www.kyleplatts.comRead more
Tue, Aug 30 2016
Heir gets Lethal
Thank god I have insomnia and squirrel curiosities because otherwise I wouldn’t have found this flyer.Read more
Fri, Aug 26 2016
Hetty Douglas: London Painter
In my opinion, Hetty Douglas is one of the most interesting painters in London right now. Her work consists of bright bold colors, in an abstract expressionist style. Occasionally her work includes provocative text such as “sorry for treating you like shit & 4 fingering your best m8”.Read more
Sat, Aug 13 2016
IMITATION OF LIFE
Last Saturday I took a trip to the Broad Museum for the Cindy Sherman special exhibit “Imitation of life” Raw and real vintage imagery surrounded the space, large format photos drew crowds of conversationsRead more
Thu, Aug 11 2016
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
OBEY is proud to help our buddies from DEATH ALLEY with their first festival. “Last Night on Earth” will take place this Friday in Amsterdam. The festival celebrates a night of never-ending rock ‘n’ roll, with a line-up other festivals can only dream of. No time for dreaming though, gotta stay up all night with the bands rocking until 05:00 in the morning!Read more
Thu, Aug 11 2016
SAN FRANCISCO: 2 NEW MURALS + AMERICAN CIVICS OPENS 8/13!
Shepard is in San Francisco this week painting two new murals to coincide with the opening of American Civics, the first-ever collaboration between Shepard and the estate of Jim Marshall. The exhibition opens this Saturday, August 13 at San Francisco Art Exchange! For details on the new murals, check out the SFist article below.Read more
Wed, Aug 10 2016
BANNED IN DC BOOK SIGNING AT SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS
Last Saturday Jonny Furlong & I checked out the “Banned in DC” book signing and talk with Cynthia Connolly, an LA native who brought the visionary aesthetic and perspective that punk was in fact an art and merged it to the DC scene, where Punk music was not considered a true genre during the 80s. “What existed in LA did not exist in DC, and what DC had, LA did not,” she states during her book signing.Read more
Tue, Aug 02 2016
GUILLERMO DEL TORO: AT HOME WITH MONSTERS
This past Saturday, my wife got my lazy ass out of bed and wanted to do something productive. I normally like to sleep in, play with my pups and have a bud light or two or ten ha! So we decided to head over to LACMA and check out the exhibit. I guess I am a member now at LACMA, so we were lucky enough to be some of the firsts to have a look at this dudes crazy collection which actually comes from his home he calls ” Bleak House” .Read more
Sat, Jul 30 2016
The Kids Will Have Their Say: London Punk Documented
A photography exhibition at the Doomed Gallery in Dalston, London. For this project I documented the DIY punk scene in London. I’ve been attending hardcore punk shows in London since I was 15 (now I’m 21) and over the years I’ve accumulated so many photos that I thought it was time to arrange them into some sort of project.Read more
Wed, Jul 27 2016
Bad Brains x OBEY at Subliminal Projects
Saturday we launched our collaboration with the legendary band Bad Brains. To kick things off right we decided to host an art show in addition to music in the back featuring Trash Talk and a Bad Brains super group. Here’s what Shepard had to say about it.Read more
Wed, Jul 20 2016
Califaztlan Love
This last weekend I was invited to enjoy the amazing ceremony held by various indigenous families upholding their Aztec roots dancing to celebrate their families, their bright future, and the year of the rabbit. While this has been an ongoing tradition held right here in San Diego’s Chicano Park in Logan, I had no idea that such rich history existed so close to where the college kids ruin my life right in downtown?Read more
Wed, Jul 13 2016
BRIGHT CLOSING PARTY
In celebration of this years Bright Tradeshow, OBEY teamed up with LODOWN MAGAZINE and BRIGHT to host the trade show’s closing event. The garden of Chalet in Berlin is the perfect location for free beers, bbq, great music and the launch of Lodown’s “YOUTH CULTURE“.Read more
Sat, Jul 09 2016
GETTY
Luscious green trees, textured stone steps and huge glass doors surrounded my peripheral vision. Echoing voices, and Tourists with crew neck sweaters tied around waists were seen from miles away. A few weeks ago I finally visited the Getty Center in L.A. The visual stimulation was worth the drive, with numerous buildings filled with priceless Art.Read more
Wed, Jun 29 2016
PARIS FINALE
I’m back in LA and catching my breath from a very busy but amazing trip to Paris. After my “Earth Crisis” installation at the Eiffel Tower during the COP 21 last November, Galerie Itinerrance and I discussed a follow-up art show and murals to build on the concept and aesthetics of the “Earth Crisis” installation.Read more
Fri, Jun 24 2016
OBEY at Glastonbury
OBEY Family friend Simon Holmes was in Glastonbury last weekend, toughing it in the mud to set up dope OBEY installs for one of the stages at the festival. Check out his behind the scenes pics of how the installs were put up. The 2016 Glastonbury Festival goes does June 22 – 26th.Read more
Wed, Jun 22 2016
PARIS PART 4 uh lala
After another rainy day and sometime sitting around * again * we started rocking on the last mural of this trip before setting up the last of the gallery for the opening on the 24th. From what I’m hearing from the locals, this is a very historic mural Shepard is doing.Read more
Wed, Jun 22 2016
PARIS PART 3
Finally it was not dumping rain on us today and we made some good progress working on the 3rd mural which I’ll post up after this once we finish tomorrow. Heres a good look at the past few days working on the Delicate Balance mural and since we had to deal with so much rain and delays, we for once actually got to do some touristy stuff and checked out the Louvre. Enjoy and more to come tomorrow.Read more
