Got a few extra dollars lying around — like, a lot of extra dollars? How about a buncha extra time to bid in an online auction, only to win the right to continue bidding over the phone in a live auction?
If you’re rich and have an empty schedule, check this out…
RARE ORIGINAL OBAMA “HOPE” ARTWORK DONATED BY SHEPARD FAIREY TO ART FOR LIFE CHARITY AUCTION
[Los Angeles- July 14, 2008] Shepard Fairey, the contemporary artist whose irreverent works have deconstructed the meaning and methods of propaganda, ironically became the creator of one of the most potent political images in recent history – the OBAMA “HOPE” poster. The image found such immediate resonance with Obama supporters that it became ubiquitous throughout the primary campaign and across the web.
Now, at the request of Russell Simmons, Shepard has donated one of three fine art versions of the poster to the charity auction, Art For Life, an annual event which benefits Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
This piece is approximately 4 foot x 6 foot in size and is a mixed media stencil collage on cotton rag paper. This “HOPE” may be the only fine art piece of this image available to the public, and is one of only three in existence.
The Art For Life auction ends Tuesday, July 16 at noon. Then the online budding is closed and the highest bidders are invited to bid by phone during the live auction on July 19. Entering the online auction is the only way to enter the live auction. The online auction can be found here:
So to recap… You motherfuckers out there with nothing but time and money on your hands — all you trustafarians — get ready to spend your parents’ money on the chance at winning the right to buy some cool art from the nation’s preeminent hipster artist… Oh, and a good cause (after Russell gets his cut, of course.)
(At the time of this post, the bid had reached $40K.)