He's lagging in the polls in his bid to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott, but Democrat Beto O'Rouke earned some major street cred — street-art cred, that is — and became the new poster child for hope. In a sense.
You can now get a Shepard Fairey-designed Beto O'Rourke poster. Do with it as you will. in his bid to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott, but Democrat Beto O'Rouke earned some major street cred — street-art cred, that is — and became the new poster child for hope. In a sense.
Fairey, the famed artist behind the Obey Giant project, designed the blue and red poster for Obama’s 2008 campaign depicting the then-candidate with the word “Hope," an image that became a historic bit of iconography in modern American politics. Now the artist is also getting involved with Texas politics. Last week, Fairey unveiled the poster on his website with a blog post called “Beto For All,” which he also shared on Instagram. He said he created the artwork after he was put in touch with O’Rourke by a mutual friend.
Fairey is one of many artists backing O’Rourke. A recent fundraiser at Dallas’ Erin Cluley Gallery, which O’Rourke attended, raised $81,000 in an auction consisting of works donated by North Texas artists. in Austin called the"Vote ‘Em Out Rally.” In the past, the music legend has invited O' Rourke to sing onstage, and he put together a rally by the same name when O' Rourke ran for a seat in the Senate in 2018.
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