Artwork Description
I See Static Blue AP Silkscreen Print by Shepard Fairey- OBEY Hand-Pulled Color on Cream Speckletone Fine Art Paper Limited Edition Artwork Obey Pop Culture Artist Proof.
AP Artist Proof 2016 Signed by Shepard Fairey- OBEY & Marked AP Limited Edition Artwork Size 18x24 Silkscreen Print. Static Is All That I See. Increase The Peace.
I See Static Blue AP by Shepard Fairey
The 2016 I See Static Blue Artist Proof silkscreen print by Shepard Fairey exemplifies the tension between distortion and perception in contemporary Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Executed with masterful precision on cream Speckletone fine art paper and signed and marked AP by the artist, this 18x24 inch hand-pulled silkscreen is a cryptic visual dialogue between media influence and the pursuit of peace. Fairey’s use of sharply defined geometry, vertical interference patterns, and symbolic layering invites the viewer into a hypnotic confrontation with sensory noise and propaganda.
Visual Language Rooted in Power and Media Critique
Fairey’s visual lexicon in I See Static Blue merges optical disruption with ideological clarity. The text Static Is All That I See appears embedded in a field of radiating blue lines, visually mimicking the interference of analog television static while metaphorically addressing the mental fog created by constant messaging and surveillance. Faces flank the central axis, fragmented by distortion lines, evoking themes of fractured identity in the information age. Below them, an all-seeing eye hovers—laced with a skull at its center—underscoring themes of control, mortality, and the ever-present gaze of media authority. The piece unravels the saturation of images that both numb and command attention, serving as a commentary on cognitive overload and ideological indoctrination.
Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork as Message and Medium
Fairey’s artwork lives at the junction of rebellion and refinement, where street aesthetics are elevated through design discipline. I See Static Blue carries influences from the psychedelic era’s visual frequencies and fuses them with propaganda art’s structural rigidity. Shepard Fairey, born in the United States in 1970, has remained one of the most politically vocal figures in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, using repetition, limited color palettes, and iconographic symbols to dismantle corporate and governmental narratives. The presence of Obey beneath the eye recalls his original campaign of subversion, turning advertising into art and instruction into satire. The visual message is never passive—it compels awareness.
Color, Symbolism, and the Artist Proof Format
Rendered in cool hues of cobalt blue, muted crimson, and cream, this print carries a colder psychological weight than many of Fairey’s politically aggressive pieces. The symmetry and balance suggest duality, yet the design’s eye strain effect disorients and provokes. This AP edition holds further value not just as a Shepard Fairey work, but as a limited variant meticulously signed and marked by hand. The combination of sharp lines and symbolic complexity elevates the piece into both an aesthetic and intellectual exercise, reflecting Fairey’s continued relevance in using the visual structure of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork to reflect and resist.
