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The Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of US president Barack Obama designed by American artist Shepard Fairey. The image was widely described as iconic and came to represent Obama's 2008 presidential campaign .
Street artist, graphic designer, and activist Shepard Fairey created this visionary portrait of then Senator Barack Obama in 2008 as a form of grassroots activism to support Obama’s first presidential campaign.
- Introduction
- Appropriation Art
- Analysis
- Conclusion
In my term paper ”HOPE” the poster for Obama. I will analyze the Poster itself, this means to give an overview of what we can see and how we can interpret it as an art image and try to answer the questions why it went viral so fast and whether it had a huge impact on the outcome of the election campaign 2008. Since the poster by Shepard Fairey is a...
The ”HOPE” Poster by Shepard Fairey can be described as Appropriation Art. Appropriation artists adopt images and add their own style to it, hence create a new art work (cf. Gersh-Nesic np.). Fairey also used an consisting image of Barack Obama, which was actually taken in Washington D.C. in 2006 (cf. Spiering np.), and then created his personal de...
Nearly everyone knows or at least has seen the ”HOPE” poster by Shepard Fairey, which has become a symbol in the 2008 Election Campaign and beyond. The image is showing Barack Obama in three-quarters profile, focusing sharply into the distance, while wearing a suit. Across the bottom of the image the word ”HOPE” is written in bold letters and above...
In this term paper I wanted to show and analyze Obamas 2008 electoral campaign poster by Shepard Fairey, gradually interpretating several aspects of the image, while contributing background information on the artwork itself, the development and most importantly the meaning behind the work. The research has shown that Shepard Fairey did an incredibl...
Oct 28, 2008 · The vastness and variety of Obama paraphernalia seemed to start with an image called "HOPE." It features the face of the senator rendered in red, white and blue.
Jan 20, 2017 · Playing off Obama’s campaign slogan of “yes we can,” Fairey blazoned the new president’s contemplative face in red, white, and blue, resting above a single word: “HOPE.”
- Caroline Framke
May 29, 2015 · Artist Shepard Fairey shares his inspiration for making the “Hope” poster in support of President Obama’s 2008 campaign.
Jun 22, 2023 · The “Hope” image resonated widely, in part, Fairey believes, the portrait projected gravitas and legitimacy — “I will give myself some credit,” he said. Those were important traits for a younger, less experienced candidate to convey. “The main reason it had impact is because Obama himself had an impact,” Fairey said.
