After the great success of the exhibition of Andy Warhol, with over 45,000 visitors, the PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli houses since December 6, 2014 and until February 28, 2015, Shepard Fairey, one of the most celebrated street artist Americans. Author of the most influential of the contemporary scene, Shepard Fairey, better known by the pseudonym OBEY, has enhanced its reputation thanks to the image of Barack Obama stylized four-color superimposed to the terms Hope (Hope), Change (change), Progress (progress), which became the symbol of the campaign of the future president of the United States of America in 2008.
With this portrait, Obey gave birth to contemporary pop icon as Andy Warhol did with Marilyn Monroe Mao, the Campbell’s soup and more. “Napoli – says Gaetano Daniele, Head of Culture and Tourism of the City of Naples – confirms itself once again as a privileged place of artistic production and a big international attractor.
