Shepard Faireyのインスタグラム(obeygiant) - 11月20日 09時54分

Traveling for gallery openings and murals is something I'm really missing this year. This week, I'm throwing it back to a very memorable trip to Paris in 2016. After my "Earth Crisis" installation at the Eiffel Tower during the COP 21 in 2015, Galerie Itinerrance and I planned a follow-up art show and murals to build on the concept and aesthetics of the "Earth Crisis" installation. I worked hard creating new pieces of environmentally-themed art and new versions of some older works in the aqua and blue colorway that I used for the Earth Crisis globe.⁠⠀
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The weather forecast called for rain basically every day for the duration of the trip, but my team and I were able to catch some dry windows to jump on the murals. I realized that all the hours the crew and I have been putting into walls have made us faster, and we finished everything on time, even with the rain delays. I was incredibly moved by the Parisians' response who gathered daily, rain, or shine, to watch us work on the murals. When we finished the "Delicate Balance" mural, the assembled crowd cheered and clapped for a couple of minutes. I'm used to being chased, yelled at, questioned, and sometimes arrested for doing public art, so to be cheered was pretty emotional.⁠⠀
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I remember feeling so grateful to so many Parisians for their enthusiastic support of my work. Many of the French I encountered apologized for not speaking English well, and I was a bit ashamed that I'm not multilingual. Regardless, I think the art spoke a universal language that communicated the idea that we are one people on one planet! Let's not forget that whatever language we speak or whatever country we reside in, we are in this all together.⁠⠀
-Shepard

Photos by @jonathanfurlong

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