Shepard Fairey 'Make Art Not War' first nations artist

Shepard Fairey 'Make Art Not War' first nations artistShepard Faireys Make Art Not War is a riff on the 1960s anti war slogan Make love, not war. Its highly stylised aesthetic also references that era, where psychedelic and hippie art too used Art Nouveau motifs. Rather than centered around love however, Faireys iteration is a declaration about the power of creativity and its ability to combat the darkest parts of humanity. Like the art of the 1960s, Make Art Not War is unabashedly optimistic and

like stones found deep in the earth’s crust

The symbolism is rich

'Miro in Pompidou' 1996

It sings of coming home on a spring day

Image Size: 39 x 24 cm

making this an unlikely portrait of an unlikely gallery

'Boatsheds'

Majzner is represented in numerous public collections

this Alice is an homage to Charles Blackman’s legacy

'Chair (Parisians I)' 2004

She is his neighbour’s granddaughter and a frequent subject in his work

Dimensions: 19 x 26 cm