“E Pluribus Venom”

photo cour­tesy of secure.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

E Pluribus Venom is a com­pi­la­tion of much of the impres­sive work pro­duced by Shepard Fairey that was pre­sented at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in the sum­mer of 2007.

Literally trans­lat­ing to “Out of Many, Poison”, E Pluribus Venom is an evi­dent play on the U.S Governments motto E Pluribus, Unum (Out of Many, One), which appears on U.S. dol­lars and coins.  According to Fairey, a soci­ety will only decline as many become one and indi­vid­ual power is loss.  The art­work of E Pluribus Venom is designed to ques­tion the sym­bols and meth­ods of the American machine and the American dream.

Faireys enig­matic use of metaphor, humor, and stim­u­lat­ing graph­ics through paint, screen print, col­lage, and sten­cil reveal an intrigu­ing yet exquis­ite conclusion.

Come see it for your­self.  We’ve got them at HighStreet (signed copies while they last!).

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