Shepard Fairey & Blek Le Rat Show Opens Tomorrow

"Westward Expansion" a show featuring the artwork of Shepard Fairey and Blek Le Rat (who very directly influenced Banksy) will be on display at the Philip Slein Gallery starting tomorrow.

"The exhibition will showcase the kind of work the west coast is famous for," the gallery says in a press release for the event. "The lowbrow -- with its influences of pop art, street art, outsider art, punk rock, comic books, the surfboard, skateboard, and hot rod subcultures."

It will be interesting & possibly inspiring to see Shepard's visually striking graphic style up close and personal (main piece above) as well as the somewhat under-appreciated Blek Le Rat.

Shepard Fairey, for all of you who have been living in a box for the past 5 years, is the artist behind the ubiquitous HOPE poster & other inspiring imagery such as the Black Eyed Peas 'Elephunk' album cover.