Lots of respect for Alph around these parts.
Like Shepard Fairey, Alphabet Soup reuses potent images in much of his work has been active in both the street and gallery. ‘Alph’ differs with Fairey, however, on the articulation of the images they create. He says that Fairey’s merchandising from his own street art and propagandizing for political campaigns contradicts what he stood for when he began his own campaigns.
The following is a chat Alphabet Soup and Christian Holland had about Fairey and his exhibition, “Supply and Demand,” at Boston’s ICA.
And here are some photos: