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THE L.A. GAY & LESBIAN CENTER’S ADVOCATE & GOCHIS GALLERIES AND F.A.I.R. PRESENT:
FAIR: ART OF ACTION
SHEPARD FAIREY SCREENPRINTS: “LOVE UNITES”
WITH “COUNTMEOUT” CAMPAIGN & DEVIANT ART “REMIX” IMAGES
JUNE 9 – JULY 15, 2011

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and FAIR will celebrate LGBT Pride Month 2011 by presenting FAIR: Art of Action — a unique exhibition of original prints of the iconic LOVE UNITES design, created by renowned artist Shepard Fairey to promote and support marriage equality. Thanks to the donation of original screen prints by Shepard Fairey, and 30 months of curation by the grassroots activist group FAIR, over 80 prints have been personalized by more than 100 celebrity supporters of same-sex marriage. A selection of these customized prints will be on public display from June 9 to July 15, beginning with an opening reception on Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. The prints will be on sale at the opening reception and for the duration of the exhibit. DJ Saratonin (PYT) will be DJing at the opening reception. Admission to the reception and the galleries is FREE. Net proceeds from art sales benefit the full range of free and low-cost programs and services provided by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, as well as FAIR’s continued efforts for LGBT rights.

FAIR: Art of Action will showcase just some of the many vehicles through which art can inspire social action.

The FAIR: Art of Action exhibit will include:

• An original, one-of-a-kind fine art painting (stencil impression and mixed media collage on paper) of LOVE UNITES donated by Fairey and never before exhibited in a public gallery.

• Original prints of Shepard Fairey’s iconic LOVE UNITES poster, customized by artists, celebrities, politicians and other notable figures including: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Anne Hathaway, the cast of 30 Rock, Lance Bass, Natalie Portman, Jared Leto, Renée Zellweger, Wanda Sykes, Cindy Crawford, the New Kids on the Block, Kirsten Dunst, Chris Evans, Virginia Madsen, Matt Groening and a single print signed by Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Pierce Brosnan, Robin Wright-Penn, Bradley Cooper, Jane Fonda, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Meagan Goode and Jason Biggs.

• A collection of digital images from the 2010 guerilla social media visibility campaign COUNTMEOUT, an effort in which individuals customized their Twitter and Facebook profile pictures with a colorized neon rainbow effect and superimposed words such as “OUT” and “ALLY.” This aspect of the exhibit will also feature an interactive experience that offers guests the opportunity to take their own personalized COUNTMEOUT photograph and add it to the graffiti wall. Images from the campaign will also be displayed on a series of digital frames in a devoted section of the gallery.

• Digital “remixes” of the LOVE UNITES poster, created in a contest hosted by deviantART. Fairey was the judge of the contest, and the work of the finalists and other entrants will be on display for the first time at this exhibit.

The LOVE UNITES project began in November 2008 when FAIR reached out to Shepard Fairey. Shepard graciously offered to commission an image that would become the unifying symbol of the post Proposition 8 struggle – now known as “Love Unites.” In addition to spreading the image and its positive unifying message across the globe, FAIR spent well over a year reaching out to artists, celebrities, politicians and other notable figures to add their voices to the growing roster of marriage equality supporters by customizing or signing their own print. The project has been hugely successful to date – generating more than 60 million media impressions with over 100 celebrity participants.

While a number of prints were auctioned to raise support and awareness for marriage equality, a unique collection remains in FAIR’s possession and will be publicly displayed for the first time at Art of Action. In addition, images of the entire collection, including works by Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Dustin Lance Black, Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi, Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Adler and Olivia Wilde, will be displayed on digital photo frames.

COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS

Fair would like to thank the following community sponsors and supporters for their help and guidance in the producing of FallOut

• Allan Jeffries Framing
• Brent Dundore Photography
• Andaz Hotel West Hollywood
• Absolut and Doug Boudin
• GT Dave/Kombucha
• Homotracker
• Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
• Stephe Molinaro-The Universal Eye
• Casa Noble