Movements – Flourish in Color

Noutorious to the art world for his past activist works, Fairey currently is still creating pieces that support modern movements and organizations. Using his typographic and abstraction skills Fairey is able to convey clear messages that create call to actions for the public. Recently he and his wife made a couple of prints and posters that lead with America’s message on voting.

One of the organizations that Fairey supports is called Homeboy Industries. This organization is dedicated to giving ex-convicts and gang members a second chance at how they handle their lives. With his artistic skills Fairey was able to create a poster that symbolizes this organizations meaning and goals. The poster serves as a donation link and is available to purchase on Homeboy Industries’s homepage.

In 2015, Berlin graffiti artist, Ibo Omari’s adventure began. He has dedicated himself to finding swastikas that have been painted on public walls and turns them into appropriate works of art. His goal with these transformations is to turn these hateful signs into something that could spread positivity instead. It started when a concerned father came into his paint shop to buy a can to cover up a swastika that had been painted on the children’s playground. This concern to stop hate and racism in his community is what started his project, Paintback.

“We represent hip-hop culture, and graffiti is a part of hip-hop culture. We wanted to make the separation between a tag and a hateful message being spread with a spray can.” -Omari

His non-profit campaign has spread and other artist have sent him videos they’ve posted on social media, using the hashtag #paintback, of themselves covering up swastikas they find on the streets with art as well.