Andre the Giant Has a Posse is a street art campaign based on a design by Shepard Fairey created in 1989 while Shepard attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Distributed by the skater community and graffiti artists, the stickers featuring an image of André the Giant began showing up in many cities across the ...

Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. [3] . In 1989, he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). [4]

2025年2月7日 · The OBEY brand, known for its distinctive “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, has a fascinating history rooted in street art, social commentary, and a touch of playful subversion. It wasn’t initially intended as a commercial venture, but rather a thought-provoking experiment in phenomenology. The Genesis of OBEY:

AKA Andre the Giant Has a Posse. A street art project and an experiment in phenomenology by artist and skateboarder Shepard Fairey.

Fairey was forced to stop using the image of the wrestler, and later sticker designs simply indicate "OBEY GIANT" or "OBEY." The artist writes, "The OBEY sticker attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the sticker and their relationship with their surroundings.

André René Roussimoff (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁəne ʁusimɔf]; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Dubbed "the Eighth Wonder of the World ", Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess human growth hormone. [15][16]

Responding to this growing popularity, Fairey produced a stripped-down version of the design, which he titled Obey Giant, that soon became the artist’s logo. Obey Giant has made cameo appearances in movies and shows including Batman Forever (1999), Phone Booth (2002), and Family Guy , and the campaign was the subject of a 1996 documentary by ...

The monolithic gargoyle-image of obey giant is an omnipresent feature on the underbelly of San Diego, an almost microscopic message from an imaginary underground. While sticker-bombing as guerilla PR and youth pranksterism is nothing new, the Andre campaign takes it to new heights.

2024年11月21日 · Launched in 1989, OBEY started as a subversive sticker featuring the face of wrestler ‘Andre the Giant’, paired with the word “OBEY”. What began as an attempt to gain recognition from his peers quickly evolved into a powerful critique of authority, propaganda, and societal conformity.

Shepard Fairey aka Obey Giant first found fame as a young graphic artist by printing and putting up stickers of an icon he created all over town of Andre the Giant. His story has become a legend and he has a lot to say on the subject of stickers.