Shepard fairey better known by his psuedonym obey is one of the most prolific contemporary graffiti artists in the us and a key defining figure of the street art movement globally famed for his 2008 obama hope poster his work is influenced by and informs a critique of both advertising and propaganda featuring politically charged images of consumer culture in a graphic retro aesthetic his ica retro series draws on images from soviet propaganda an important legacy for obey represe