Obey vs. WK Interact by Agnes B. - The East/West Propaganda Project
Agnes B. have brought together Shep Fairey (Obey) and WK Interact for a visual confrontation. Based on the principals of emulation and collaboration, this art show will provide a running dialouge between Obey and WK Interact via means such as two-handed drawing, cadavre exquis and graphic ping pong. The show will begin March 22nd at the Tokyo Wonder Art site and run for one month before it migrates to Agnes B.’s Galerie du Jour for a one and a half month tenure (May 16th-June 30th). Something people must consider of Obey and WK Interact (or any well known graffiti artist), is that fame in the urban jungle is derived from the ability to consistently relay a message throughout a stimuli-rich environment. Their works slice through numerous images and signs we are subjected to day in and day out. The foundation of their success can also be credited to characteristics and techniques exclusive to themselves that are easily identifiable. Their goals are to overshadow the almost insurmountable adverting that one simply cannot escape. Touching on goals, the propagandist art of Obey & WK Interact are useless without elicitation of the viewer. Their art should illicit questioning and reasoning. Make the cog-wheels within our mind stop time for just that split second and think… “What? Why?…How?”. The East/West Propaganda Project draws reference to the geographic location of Shep Fairey (West Coast) and WK Interact (East) as well as drawing parallels with the venue locations of Paris (West) and Tokyo (East). For more info, as well as the bio’s of WK Interact and Shep Fairey, check out the official website.
Agnes B. have brought together Shep Fairey (Obey) and WK Interact for a visual confrontation. Based on the principals of emulation and collaboration, this art show will provide a running dialouge between Obey and WK Interact via means such as two-handed drawing, cadavre exquis and graphic ping pong.
The show will begin March 22nd at the Tokyo Wonder Art site and run for one month before it migrates to Agnes B.’s Galerie du Jour for a one and a half month tenure (May 16th-June 30th). Something people must consider of Obey and WK Interact (or any well known graffiti artist), is that fame in the urban jungle is derived from the ability to consistently relay a message throughout a stimuli-rich environment. Their works slice through numerous images and signs we are subjected to day in and day out. The foundation of their success can also be credited to characteristics and techniques exclusive to themselves that are easily identifiable. Their goals are to overshadow the almost insurmountable adverting that one simply cannot escape.
Touching on goals, the propagandist art of Obey & WK Interact are useless without elicitation of the viewer. Their art should illicit questioning and reasoning. Make the cog-wheels within our mind stop time for just that split second and think… “What? Why?…How?”.
The East/West Propaganda Project draws reference to the geographic location of Shep Fairey (West Coast) and WK Interact (East) as well as drawing parallels with the venue locations of Paris (West) and Tokyo (East).
For more info, as well as the bio’s of WK Interact and Shep Fairey, check out the official website.
