ART: Shepard Fairey Designs 3 Montana Spray Paint Cans With BEYOND THE STREETS / Pharrell & Japanese Artist Mr. to Launch Thought-Provoking Exhibition in Paris

OBEY founder and renowned artist Shepard Fairey‘s latest collaborative project with graffiti exhibition BEYOND THE STREETS comes in the form of the artist’s own tools: three graphic-heavy spray paint cans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his very own brand. The three Montana spray cans are dressed in Fairey’s iconic prints, with “Lotus Blue,” “Cut It Up” and “Target.” Each can comes encased in a wooden box for you to display.

Explaining the choice of Montana Colors spray paint, Fairey says that “I’ve been using Montana spray paint for many years because it gives the best performance and durability of all the paint brands that I’ve tried out. When I was younger, and I was doing things very spontaneously, I wasn’t thinking about longevity, but even for an ephemeral art form like street art or graffiti, I think we all want paint to stand the test of time as much as possible.” He concludes: “It’s very meta – the can that makes the art, that ends up on the can.”

The OBEY Giant x BEYOND THE STREETS x Montana Colors 30th Anniversay Limited Edition Cans are now available over at BEYOND THE STREETS’ website, each going for $35 USD. Unfortunately, it only ships to the US.

Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts, an acclaimed French national museum in Paris, will soon launch a site-specific installation made by seminal Japanese contemporary artist Mr. and curated by Pharrell Williams. The forthcoming exhibition will be installed at institute’s fourth-floor rotunda beneath the dome of the main building — organized between Perrotin and Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

The show entitled will spotlight captivating paintings, sculptures, and installations in the trademark aesthetic of Mr., with pieces portraying images of children symbolically holding weapons. “Amid the tension and crisis of uncertainty that we live in today, we need to believe in the hope that can be found in children, and take inspiration on the promise of their optimistic outlook and spirit. Kids have the power. With art, we start this dialogue in this way” said the artist in a statement. Pharrell adds: “Kids run the world and this work is a challenge to leaders to do something immediately – for a better, bright future.”

“Carte blanche to Mr. and Pharrell Williams: A Call To Action” will run July 10 to September 23. Head to Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts’ website to learn more.

In other pivotal presentations, the first Black solo curator of the Guggenheim Chaédria LaBouvier uncovered new research on Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’ painting of police brutality.

Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts
6 Place d’Iéna
Paris, France 75116