Having gained worldwide renown for his Barack Obama campaign poster, it was a shock for Shepard Fairey, better known by his tag Obey, to discover his work being used by the far right in France.
“It’s so ridiculous it’s hard for me to even believe,” Fairey told AFP in Paris, where an exhibition of his work is running at the Itinerrance Gallery until July 15.
The 54-year-old American is one of the most famous street artists in the world, but is also a long-time social justice campaigner.
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