Obey Comes East

One Art Space will bring the unmistakable visual language of Shepard Fairey to the 2026 Hamptons Fine Art Fair with a focused presentation of limited-edition works that speak to peace, liberty, equality, dignity, and the enduring power of the image. The fair takes place July 9th through 12th at the Southampton Fairgrounds, where One Art Space will present Fairey’s work at Booth 205a.

Curated by MaryAnn Giella McCulloh, owner, gallerist, and curator of One Art Space, the booth places Fairey at the center of one of the Hamptons summer season’s major art market moments. Known globally for the OBEY campaign and his Barack Obama “Hope” poster, Fairey has built a career around images that move with ease between the street, the gallery, the museum, and the public imagination. His work brings together political critique, propaganda-inspired design, music, activism, and popular culture with a clarity that is both immediate and unmistakably his own.

Fairey first gained international recognition with his 1989 “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, which evolved into the now-iconic OBEY visual movement. What began as a street-level intervention grew into a far-reaching visual vocabulary that challenged ideas of authority, influence, media, and repetition. Over time, Fairey’s work has demonstrated how a single image can become a public symbol, crossing from urban walls and stickers into museums, private collections, and the broader cultural record.

At Hamptons Fine Art Fair, One Art Space will showcase signed and numbered works that reflect Fairey’s enduring focus on nonviolence, diplomacy, social awareness, and shared humanity. Among the featured pieces is Lennon Peace and Liberty (Red) 2/6, a 2023 limited-edition, signed and numbered silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood, HPM, measuring 24 by 18 inches. The work depicts John Lennon standing before the Statue of Liberty while making a peace sign, pairing one of music’s most recognizable symbols of anti-war idealism with one of America’s defining icons of freedom.

Also included is Peace Fingers with Poppies 3/6, a 2023 limited-edition, signed and numbered silkscreen on wood, measuring 24 by 18 inches. The work extends Fairey’s long engagement with the visual language of peace, using bold graphic contrast and symbolic imagery to promote nonviolence, active diplomacy, and social awareness. In Universal Dignity 3/6, a 2022 limited-edition, signed and numbered silkscreen on wood panel, also measuring 24 by 18 inches, Fairey turns attention toward equality and shared humanity, using the strength of graphic design to carry a message that is direct, collectible, and socially charged.

Lennon Peace and Liberty (Red) Limited Edition 2/6, 2023, signed & numbered silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood, HPM, 24” x 18”

“One Art Space is proud to bring Shepard Fairey’s work to Hamptons Fine Art Fair in a focused way,” said McCulloh. “These pieces speak directly to the moment. They are strong visually, but they also carry ideas about peace, liberty, dignity and responsibility. Shepard’s work has the rare ability to be both instantly recognizable and deeply meaningful, which makes this presentation especially exciting for collectors and fairgoers.”

The presentation reflects One Art Space’s commitment to artists whose work carries cultural force, visual urgency, and a clear point of view. Located in Tribeca, the gallery has developed a platform for exhibitions and artists that connect contemporary creativity with broader conversations in culture, identity, design, and public life. With Fairey as the focus, the Hamptons Fine Art Fair booth connects street art’s rebellious origins with its current position in serious collecting and contemporary art history.

That connection is especially meaningful in Southampton, where collectors, galleries, artists, and cultural tastemakers gather each summer. In the context of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Fairey’s work offers a timely reminder that art can be visually seductive while still carrying a message. His images are composed with the polish of graphic design, but their impact comes from urgency. They challenge, persuade, and endure because they ask the viewer to look quickly, then think longer.

Peace Fingers with Poppies Limited Edition 3/6, 2023, signed & numbered silkscreen on wood, 24” x 18”; Universal Dignity Limited Edition 3/6, 2022, signed & numbered silkscreen on wood panel, 24” x 18”

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair returns July 9th through 12th, 2026, at the Southampton Fairgrounds, located at 605 County Road 39 in Southampton. Staged in a 70,000-square-foot pavilion complex on 17 acres, the fair is led by Executive Director Rick Friedman and positioned as more than a commercial art show. With its Pollock and de Kooning Luxury Pavilions, Hamptons Artists Hall of Fame, and setting within one of America’s most storied arts regions, the fair has become a major summer destination for collectors, galleries, artists, and cultural leaders.

For One Art Space, the fair provides a fitting East End stage for a presentation that is both collectible and culturally resonant. Fairey’s works speak in the language of posters, protest, music, and memory, but they also operate as finely produced objects with strong appeal for contemporary collectors. In a season defined by social gatherings, cultural events, and the movement of art audiences across the Hamptons, the booth brings together visibility, message, and market presence.

OBEY may have begun as a street-level provocation, but in Fairey’s hands it has become a sustained visual conversation about power, responsibility, and the symbols that shape public life. At Hamptons Fine Art Fair, One Art Space gives that conversation a focused presentation, inviting fairgoers to encounter works that are bold on the surface and layered beneath it.

For more information, visit oneartspace.com, obeygiant.com, and hamptonsfineartfair.com

OBEY Noir Flower Woman (Red) Limited Edition 4/6, 2022, signed & numbered silkscreen on wood panel, 24” x 18”