{"id":53460,"date":"2021-02-20T19:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotels-paris-rive-gauche.com\/blog\/?p=53460"},"modified":"2021-02-20T19:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:50:14","slug":"shepard-fairey-paris-street-art-hotel-rive-gauche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotels-paris-rive-gauche.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/20\/shepard-fairey-paris-street-art-hotel-rive-gauche\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepard Fairey has restored his giant street art painting in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Street art is thriving in Paris, attracting the biggest names in the world, including Shepard Fairey<\/a>, creator of the famous HOPE<\/a> poster of Obama and founder of Obey<\/a> clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2020, one of his huge works (at least 6 storeys high) which is not far from our hotels<\/a>, was vandalised<\/a> apparently as part of a protest at some freedom-limiting laws being passed by the French government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairey has just been through Paris to restore the giant work, adding a tear to Marianne, the symbol of France, to show that #Mariannepleure<\/a> (Marianne is crying).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Galerie Itinerance<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you are a fan of street art, you are going to be so<\/em> happy in Paris! A lot of famous street artists are either from the city, or have used it liberally as their canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, this is where Space Invader<\/a> first started, before going on to conquer the world. His biggest work anywhere can be found in Paris, on place Stravinsky (here<\/a>), just next to another huge painting by… Shepard Fairey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Galerie Itinerance<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In a new video, Fairey explains why he returned to Paris to restore and modify his piece depicting Marianne, saying that he understands the motivation behind its defacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n