New Tee and Print Release with Obey Clothing & Shepard Fairey

My new collaboration with Shepard Fairey’s Obey Clothing consists of tee shirts and a letterpress print.

The images are part of my  “Mightier Than” series which uses typewriters—implements of language and speech—and remixes them to resemble firearms. In these designs, I use imagery that is often associated with gun rights and 2nd Amendment culture and repurpose it to apply to the 1st Amendment.

From Shepard Fairey:

I love Ravi’s art, but Ravi and I also have several shared interests in D.I.Y. culture, printmaking, propaganda art, and social justice. For the Obey Clothing collaboration, Ravi addressed environmental destruction and the power of communication over violence. Along with the concepts of the art, I think the process Ravi used to create these art pieces is amazing: he cuts the art out of a traffic cone like a linoleum cut and uses the cone as his plate. Ravi is a true craftsman and a unique talent. I urge everyone to check this video demonstrating Ravi’s process. I’m honored to collaborate with Ravi for his talent and his philosophies.