We like to start Memorial Day weekend early and keep it going late. This year, we’re hosting the 2nd annual Desert Days with DJs all weekend, a pop-up shop with Mt. Fuji, Feel Good Spa specials, good food late into the wee hours, and a silent auction to raise money for AIDS research with LifeCycle, featuring art from Shepard Fairey, Spike Jonze, and other friends. See more on our calendar.
Last summer, the OBEY team wheatpasted this on the side of Ace Hotel New York in celebration of Shepard Fairey’s installation at Deitch Gallery.
Our longtime friend, Shepard Fairey, wheatpasting in very hot weather at Ace Hotel Seattle before it opened in 1999.
Shepard Fairey and friends wheatpasted a plywood wall around Ace Hotel New York last night. Here’s a video of the installation going up and some pictures of the work. As you know, we have a package for Shepard’s exhibition at Deitch Projects — their final show ever. If you book today or tomorrow, it includes tickets to the afterparty for the opening May 1. It also includes a signed, off-set print and limited edition t-shirt, which you’ll still get if you book the package after May 1.
Photos and video by Jou-Yie Chou
MAY DAY AT DEITCH PROJECTS
Deitch Projects is presenting May Day, an exhibition of new work by Shepard Fairey, as its final project before it closes its doors for the last time here in New York. Shepard will also be wheat-pasting over 80 feet of plywood that wraps around Ace Hotel New York.
Come visit for the opening May 1st, and book the MAY DAY package. You’ll receive a limited edition MAY DAY t-shirt from OBEY, a signed offset print and two tickets to the opening night after-party. You can book the package all month long - if you book after May 1st, you’ll get everything but the after-party tickets. Book online with code MAYDAY.
Obey held a preview of their new line last week at Ace Hotel New York, including a limited tee with artwork by Shepard Fairey. The shirt benefits the Surfrider Foundation, founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers to protect the world’s oceans, beaches, and killer waves.
Shepard also painted a room at the original Ace in Seattle. Hi, Shepard. This T-shirt looks awesome.
Photos of Obey Clothing courtesy of Living Proof
