Posted February 23, 201015 yr Shepard Fairey was in Cincinnati for about a week installing 7 exterior murals throughout the city, and prepping the famous Zaha Hadid-designed Contemporary Arts Center for his first museum retrospective. The opening night at the CAC drew thousands of people from all over to see Fairey's work. Then around 8pm or so, Fairey did his own DJ set that lasted until about 11pm before he left for the after parties. The photos below show his mural projects throughout the city, and some other random stuff. 1. Northside 2. 3. Another mural in Northside (not related to Shepard Fairey) that I couldn't ignore... 4. Fairey mural at 13th & Main streets in historic Over-the-Rhine 5. 6. Nearby I stopped inside to check out the new street wear boutique - Original Thought Required. 7. 8. 9. Terrible photo quality, but gives you an overview of the space. 10. Across the street we checked out another new store - Atomic Number Ten. 11. 12. Another Fairey mural up on E. 14th Street in between Main and Sycamore streets. 13. 14. I liked the contrast here between the produced mural work, and the graffiti behind it. 15. Just a couple buildings down is Venue 222 and the Willow Creative Group spaces where Cincinnati coworks and does all kinds of fun stuff. 16. We then made it over to the Pendleton area of Over-the-Rhine to check out the biggest of Fairey's outside murals at High Street Cincy along Reading Road. 17. 18. 19. The Shepard Fairey crew also worked in one of their Andre the Giant images onto an unused billboard on top of the building. 20. And before we head downtown here's a shot of High Street Cincy's entrance. 21. Downtown outside on the alley next to Arnold's Bar & Grill. 22. 23. Then Fairey installed another mural next to the CAC on the Metropole Apartment Building. 24. 25. Inside the CAC Fairey installed a massive mural inside the building's famous lobby space. 26. 27. 28. The media was on the scene interviewing Margy Waller about the Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend. 29. 30. 31. Outside looking over Nada's outside seating area towards the Fairey mural across the street. 32. And finally, a view of the Metropole Apartment Building which is soon to be redeveloped as an upscale boutique hotel.
February 23, 201015 yr And here are a few pictures taken on Fairey's opening night at the CAC that were taken by Jeremy Mosher.
February 24, 201015 yr Great shots! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 24, 201015 yr In photo 22 the artist takes a shot at the right. It seems that the only time towers get built is when the right is in power to free up $ from the govt back to the private sector.
February 24, 201015 yr How long will the outside murals stay up? They'll stay up indefinitely, but extreme weather or vandalism can sometime shorten their lifespan.
February 24, 201015 yr In photo 22 the artist takes a shot at the right. It seems that the only time towers get built is when the right is in power to free up $ from the govt back to the private sector. Let's just assume you're absolutely correct. How does that falsify global warming?
February 24, 201015 yr In photo 22 the artist takes a shot at the right. Only that photo? It's Shepard Fairey. His entire body of work involves taking shots at the right.
February 24, 201015 yr Wow, he's got mad copy+paste and Illustrator lice trace and paint tool skills doesn't he? Honestly one of the most overrated street "artists" I've ever known. The only thing I'm impressed with is his ability to market and convince people his stuff is worthwhile. I can't imagine this guys murals will last very long.
February 24, 201015 yr Wow, he's got mad copy+paste and Illustrator lice trace and paint tool skills doesn't he? Honestly one of the most overrated street "artists" I've ever known. The only thing I'm impressed with is his ability to market and convince people his stuff is worthwhile. You might find this an interesting read: http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/02/shepard-fairey-retrospective-review.html
February 24, 201015 yr ^Who Cares? Nice shots Randy! QFT. Good shots; I'm glad to see some context in there, rather than zoomed in pictures of the murals themselves. Especially on 1, 2, 19, and 31.
February 24, 201015 yr Looks like they are already being taken down by some individuals. They just rip off.
February 24, 201015 yr Looks like they are already being taken down by some individuals. Why do you say that? Which one(s) are being damaged?
February 24, 201015 yr In photo 22 the artist takes a shot at the right. It seems that the only time towers get built is when the right is in power to free up $ from the govt back to the private sector. Let's just assume you're absolutely correct. How does that falsify global warming? It doesn't but, record lows and the fact that the polar ice caps on Mars are receding do. :|
February 24, 201015 yr Nice shots! But where did you see this was his "first museum retrospective"? I saw an exhibition of his at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in December, where he did a similar thing of puting murals up around the city in conjunction with the exhibition.
February 24, 201015 yr Nice shots! But where did you see this was his "first museum retrospective"? I saw an exhibition of his at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in December, where he did a similar thing of puting murals up around the city in conjunction with the exhibition. http://contemporaryartscenter.org/ShepardFairey
February 25, 201015 yr You might find this an interesting read: http://www.urbancincy.com/2010/02/shepard-fairey-retrospective-review.html I agree with your assessment. I might go check this out to help CAC bringing in other shows that are similar, but i'm not hugely impressed with Shepard Fairey. I noticed the Giant from picture 19, but didn't see the wall murals the other day when i was driving by. I must have missed them. I'll be sure to look on my way out tonight. I saw the one next to Arnold's the other morning but didn't connect it right away to Fairy's work.
February 25, 201015 yr Looks like they are already being taken down by some individuals. Why do you say that? Which one(s) are being damaged? IIRC, it was one at Arnold's? Schwartz had a photo of it.
February 25, 201015 yr Nice shots! But where did you see this was his "first museum retrospective"? I saw an exhibition of his at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in December, where he did a similar thing of puting murals up around the city in conjunction with the exhibition. Exhibition does not equal retrospective
February 25, 201015 yr Looks like they are already being taken down by some individuals. Why do you say that? Which one(s) are being damaged? IIRC, it was one at Arnold's? Schwartz had a photo of it. You're referring to this one: http://twitpic.com/153uek. This is not one of the murals...it's a side thing in an alley next to the mural on E. 14th Street. The Fairey team put up little pieces like this near most of the murals in this form or stickers.
February 25, 201015 yr Nice shots! But where did you see this was his "first museum retrospective"? I saw an exhibition of his at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in December, where he did a similar thing of puting murals up around the city in conjunction with the exhibition. Exhibition does not equal retrospective Care to explain the difference?
February 26, 201015 yr How did CAC get him to make his exhibition debut in Cincy? Is he a hot commodity in the contemporary art world?
February 26, 201015 yr I think the CAC website might be mistaken. The title of the exhibition at the CAC is Supply and Demand, which was put together by the Istitute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and has been shown there, as well as in the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the CAC, and three more locations after it leaves the CAC. He puts up murals around the city in each location the exhibition travels to. So, while it's cool the CAC landed this show, and that there is a buzz being generated around the city because of it, Cincinnati isn't breaking any ground here.
May 25, 201015 yr Another Shepard Fairey mural painted over Really? i mean, these aren't supposed to be permanent murals or anything, but what's with painting over them? That's just stupid. Oh great, another cream colored wall.
May 25, 201015 yr The cream color just made that wall a lot more attractive. I'm just sad Cincy doesn't have enough of a street art scene to combat the faux street art Fairey stuff that is everywhere now.
May 25, 201015 yr Yeah, it would be awesome if all of them were painted over by various graffiti atists. Fairey peaked early and sold out years ago. He basically has someone else design his stuff now and certainly has a crew that fabricates and installs these murals. He's there but only to have his photo taken.
May 25, 201015 yr Sure, he's turned it into an industry but it's still a form of expression. I don't particularly care for him, but i don't think silencing the artist (painting over the murals) is the way to go about this. Yeah, i'd prefer these murals to go away somewhat "naturally" either through the elements or other artists or whatever. Just white washing it is really strange and i feel like it almost sends a message that contemporary art isn't welcome here.
May 25, 201015 yr It's a private property, and it's up to their discretion whether or not to paint over the murals. The same incident happened in Kentucky and people on Twitter were calling it censorship, when it's far from that. Not all are pleased over his more controversial pastings, and it's important to understand that although we may not be irked at some of the imagery he's plastered, others may be, especially if it's across the street from a school. Personally, I don't consider it to be his artwork. He's been known to steal other people's artwork and photographs, which he digitally alters, and pastes up, then claims it under the broad banner of Fair Use. Except for when someone takes a photograph of him and makes a similar poster to his "Obama/HOPE" and he gets all hot in the head about that.
May 25, 201015 yr What I don't understand is why these property owners offered to have murals on their buildings in the first place. I would think they would do some research on Shepard Fairey before agreeing this.
March 2, 201114 yr Just found this video by the same title as this thread. Randy, are you secretly Alex Sparks? Alexsparks.com- Shepard Fairey Invades Cincinnati
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