Shepard Fairey is a well known street artist, most recently know for his Obama posters:
I have been going to Manchester since I was about 15 and ive always noticed the ever changing art there, when I was doing one of my last projects at uni, selecting a city and celebrating it, thats why I chose to do Manchester.
After I was walking around places I normally go and went down a street I haven't before I found a Shepard Fairey piece on a wall of a shop, I love his work and wanted to know how long it has been there for. I found out it has been there for about 4-5 years and this is some photos I found and photos I took of the piece.
I hate how most of the art in Manchester is being taken down / destroyed, yet they found a Banksy piece behind a bush and have stuck a plastic shield around it to protect it even though it is half faded and you cant tell what it is, but work like Shepard Fairey's is being left to be destroyed and covered up.
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