ObeyGiant.com: Cincinnati Represent

Images from Shepard Fairey's Cincinnati visit posted on ObeyGiant.com.  It's great to hear that they'll be back in May with new outdoor artwork.

Related Blog Posts:
Photos: Shepard Fairey Outdoor Art Installations in Cincinnati
Photos from the Shepard Fairey Exhibition in Cincinnati
Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand in Cincinnati

Here are some photos that I've taken of Shepard Fairey's outdoor art installations with their locations in Cincinnati.  I'll update these as I photograph them.

High Street Design Studio and Lifestyle Store
Google Maps Location: 1401 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Shepard Fairey's outdoor art installations are colleges created from a mix of small prints, patterns, and larger pieces.  The prints are a on thinner paper called "pasters" that are glued to the wall using wheat paste.  These art installations could last a year. The large image on the right is the Nubian Sign.  The pattern behind the Nubian Sign is a Japanese Fabric Pattern like this Black on Red.  The left of the pattern is Peace Fingers Red.The large print is Obey Eye, smaller prints on the right from top to bottom: Jasper Johns, Kiss Me Deadly Red, Eye Alert RedThe image on the left is one of my favorites, Mujer Fatal.  The prints starting from the right, top to bottom are: Cincinnati CAC Print, M16 vs AK47, Rise Above Cop, and Stay Up Girl.Here's a close up of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center Print.

Make sure you check around the corner in the alley for another of my favorites, Commanda.

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13th and Main Street
Google Maps Location: 13th and Main Street
The large image on the right is Afrocentric (Black).  Smaller images from top to bottom, Writing on the Wall Red, Kiss Me Deadly Red, Eye Alert Red, Peace Fingers Red, and Rise Above Fist.  

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Lightborne Communications
Google Maps Location: 212 E 14th St, Cincinnati, OH‎ 45202

The image is Eye Alert Cream.

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Northside
Google Maps Location: Blue Rock and Hamilton

Large images Aung San Suu Kyi and Peace Fingers.  The smaller images are from top to bottom: Propaganda Engineering, Factory, Stay Up Girl, Rise Above Cop, Commanda, M16 vs AK47, and Mujer Fatal.

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Arnold's Bar & Grill
Google Maps Location: 210 East 8th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202-2104

Large image Global Warning.  Smaller images from top to bottom: Rise Above Fist, Jasper Johns, Your Eyes Here, M16 vs AK47, Eye Alert Cream, and Propaganda Engineering.

Here are some photos that I took at the opening of the Shepard Fairey Supply and Demand Exhibition at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.  Unfortunately, no photos are allowed on the exhibit floor, but I managed to squeeze off a couple. :)Someone tagged a fire extinguisher in the Chipotle on Fountain Square.

Shepard Fairey's Supply and Demand Exhibition is here in Cincinnati!  Opening Friday, February 19, 2010 and running through August 22 at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center.  This is the third stop for this exhibition after the ICA in Boston and the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.  The opening party is tonight at 8:00 PM and features Shepard Fairey as a DJ for a set.

I've been a fan of Shepard Fairey ever since I saw the iconic Obama Hope image and have become quite a collector of his print works.

Some of the highlights of the exhibition will be his large murals and his fine art collages.
In addition to the ones at the CAC, there are several outdoor installations in the city.

The Hope image below is one of his fine art pieces where Shepard Fairey creates a collage and then spray paints it using stencils.  These pieces now cost thousands of dollars.  Good thing there are the screened prints that have remained affordable at $40-50 dollars a piece with print runs of around 450 pieces.  

If you're new to Shepard Fairey, here are some essential links:

ObeyGiant.com-  Shepard Fairey's site.  Buy his latest prints here.  But, be quick, popular images usually will sell out within minutes of their release.  Check out the print archives for all of Shepard Fairey's works.

TheGiant.org- The forum is where I get all my Shepard Fairey news.  You have to register to see the main forums.  So many knowledgeable collectors congregate here.  TheGiant.org also has an amazing print database of all of Shepard Fairey's works.

Expressobeans.com- Use this site to track the resale value of posters/print art.  Great place to see how much your piece is worth on the aftermarket.

Duckywaddles.com- If prints sell out at ObeyGiant.com, sometimes a few "artist proofs" are released here.  You can buy other older Obey prints here too.

OBEY: Supply & Demand - The Art of Shepard Fairey - 20th Anniversary Edition- I highly recommend this book.  It's a beautiful coffee table book the traces the history of Shepard Fairey.  Lots of great pictures of his collages and fine art pieces. 

Pictures from Obeyclothing.com

Shepard Fairey's in town and art is starting to pop up!  The grand opening of Shepard Fairey's Supply and Demand Exhibition is Friday at the CAC.

Story at Cincinnati.com
More Photos:
OMGPosters.com: Shepard Fairey Hitting The Streets In Cincinnati
TheNobleVisions.com: Shepard Fairey ~ A HDR Photographic look at the four initial murals in Cincinnati
 Shepard Fairey next Arnold's.

Cincinnati.com: Fairey poster depicts the CAC

As part of his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, Shepard Fairey created an illustration of the building itself. Signed and numbered, limited-edition prints of the illustration - just 450 will be made - will be for sale only at the CAC Store for $50 (profits will benefit the CAC).
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"I use the CAC building because it's a beautifully designed building and it makes a specific connection to my show traveling to that museum, but I'm not using specific landmarks for the other pieces in the series," he says. "The series deals with multiple themes and symbolic structures, including a bank and a factory.

This is quite an honor for the CAC.  Off hand, I can only think of a few other Shepard Fairey prints that are of recognizable buildings.

Clever video using lots of T-shirts to create a stop motion video.



Read more about this and a behind the scenes video at:
Wired.com: Stop-Motion 'T-Shirt War' Turns Tees Into Flip Book

BNet.com: Bill Gates Joins the iPad's Army of Critics. Steve Jobs Couldn't Care Less

I wasn't sure what to expect when I asked Jobs' longtime rival, Bill Gates, what he thought of the iPad. After all, Gates has been a proponent of tablet computers for years, and he was in awe of the iPhone when it first came out. But the iPad?  Gates told me he isn't sold.

"You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard - in other words a netbook - will be the mainstream on that," he said. "So, it's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, 'Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough.'  It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'"

Microsoft has tried and failed with the Tablet PC since 2001 which of course makes Bill Gates an expert in predicting the success of the iPad.  The iPad like the iPhone will succeed because it breaks away from the conventional PC's in a way that opens up new possibilities in computing.  Mimicking old technology, just gets you more of the same.

Microsoft has failed with the Tablet PC because of their inability to break away from its legacy items: Windows, keyboards, and the stylus.  Even their new phone is called the "Windows" Phone. 

To me, Microsoft is one of the most disappointing companies around.  All these years they should have pushing the envelope of computing and making products so great that they make us forget about Windows.  Not because Windows is bad, but because Windows shouldn't be the end all and be all of computing.

NYTimes.com: Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings

They call these yachts?  I barely recognize these as boats, more like something you see in Star Trek.  I love technology and the application of technological advances, but shouldn't races be more about tactics than the boats?

See more photos here: NYTimes.com: Innovations in America's Cup Sailing

HuffingtonPost.com: Colts Championship Shirts To Go To Haiti

Despite the Colts' 31-17 loss to the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV, they can feel good that their championship apparel will be put to good use. All of the clothes made in case the Colts were to win the Super Bowl will go to areas in need in earthquake-damaged Haiti.

I think it would be a fun challenge to try to collect "championship" from every year.

NYTimes.com: After Summer Olympics, Empty Shells in Beijing

This is a little sad, but not too unexpected.  Historically, once the Olympic Games end, that's when the economic impact ends too.

To me this was the biggest surprise ad of the night.  I almost couldn't believe my eyes!  It's interesting to read how it all came about.

From NYTimes.com: How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together

"This wasn't done to help Dave or to help Jay," Mr. Burnett said, "though I think it does help both of them. It was just done because Dave thought it would be funny and would entertain people. Nothing went beyond that."

From ESPN.com: Sills, 13, commits to USC

Lane Kiffin really is getting a jump on recruiting.

No sooner had the Trojans new coach put the finishing touches on the Class of 2010 recruits, that he turned his attention to the Class of 2015.

That's right, 2015.

Thursday evening Kiffin received a verbal commitment from 13-year old wunderkind quarterback David Sills of Bear, Del.

Is Lane Kiffin even going to be coaching USC in 2015?  This kid might project well, but lots of stuff can happen between now and 2015.

Related:
From ESPN.com: Lewis: What a verbal commitment means

Did you know that the paddle wheel on the Riverfront is the "National Steamboat Monument" and that the Cincinnati Recreation Commission considers it an attraction?

It's somewhat interesting if you're down by the river, but I can't imagine taking an out of town guest down there just to see it.  Hopefully, with the Banks project finally on the move, there will be a lot more people walking around checking out things like this.

Here's an old Enquirer article about the 2.8 million dollar National Steamboat Monument.

I don't buy a lot of blu-ray discs, but one that I highly recommend is the Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series [Blu-ray].  The only problem with the box set besides the excessive use of "digital grain" is the packaging.  It's distinctive, but not very practical, with discs that slide in and out of cardboard boxes.  Universal Studios is replacing the packaging with something more conventional and useful.

See more pictures of the Battlestar Galactica Box Set.
 

Dear "Battlestar Galactica (2004): The Complete Series" Owner,

We are happy to announce that new packaging is available for your "Battlestar Galactica (2004): The Complete Series" set. The new packaging is comprised of conventional cases regularly used to store DVD or Blu-ray discs. Please note that we support consumers with U.S. mailing addresses only.

To receive new packaging, please remove the top and triangular flap of the Season One case included in your complete series set and send it to us, along with the following information and a copy of this correspondence:

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Send to:

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Please allow 4 to 6 weeks to receive the new packaging.

We hope that you will continue to enjoy "Battlestar Galactica" and future Universal releases.

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