PUTIN’S ASHES (PUSSY RIOT) 2023 by Shepard Fairey

Artist: Shepard FaireyDimensions: (print) 18 x 24 inches Medium:  Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper. Provenance: Signed by Shepard Fairey. Edition: Numbered edition of 450. (Xxx/450)Year: 2023 Condition: Excellent About the print:I have admired Pussy Riot and Nadya Tolokonnikova since I first saw their visually and sonically fierce performances, methods of protest, and messages of social justice. I’ve wanted to collaborate with Nadya and Pussy Riot for years because of our shared belief that art and performance are powerful tools of social change. Pussy Riot has been subjected to Putin’s brutality and methods of oppression firsthand, so their comments on Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are especially relevant. Putin’s Ashes is a beautiful, haunting, evocative video and music piece. In working on a visual for Nadya’s show at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, I illustrated from video stills and imagery that Nadya provided in an attempt to encapsulate the powerful aesthetics of Pussy