Based on the work we're doing in some classes, regarding images (this being the final weeks of looking at their power) - do you know this image and the power it relates? Without looking it up online, would you care to guess or tell us what you think it is?
I believe it's Andre the Giant. I can't remember the name of the graffiti artist who uses this as his logo, but I recognize it from the documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
ReplyDeleteshepard fairey... someone mentioned about him in class about how he went mainstream......
ReplyDeleteit is andre the giant. obey is now the company that uses this image - the creator started off placing posters up as street art - sort of like banksy. and now he has an entire clothing line (which i love and own some of!). there is a really big poster off of the belmont redline stop of this - if you're facing the brownline tracks that go toward kimball and look toward clark street you'll see it.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this a couple of places around the city. If you look East from the belmont redline station you can see this painted i believe on the Belmont Army store. Don't really know what it can stand for, but I do sense strength in the image. I always thought that it was in relation to a music group.
ReplyDeleteEveryone gets a 99% - no one mentioned how awesome and wrestler Andre really was.
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