By Afsar Uddin

Shepard Fairey made a poster call hope with Obama.

Hope: Obama and the turning point

The artist’s fame reached its peak in 2008 when he created Hope, a four-colour print of the face of Barack Obama, during the now-president’s first race for the White House. The posters, affixed illegally in full respect of street art tradition, were captioned with the words “change” and “vote”. They remain the undisputed, albeit unofficial, symbol of Obama’s electoral campaign. The president himself wrote Fairey a letter to thank him for the creative support, and for encouraging citizens to believe they could participate in change.

These images, together with many other well-known works by Shepard Fairey, are on display in Bologna until the 28th of February. Entry is free and posters, some autographed by the artist, are on sale.

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The choice of putting “HOPE” on the poster seems to be because not only does it look nicer than a longer word that would be more squished, but also because the word goes well with the expression on Barack Obama’s face. His eyes and mouth convey the feeling that he is ready to lead the country to a better future and that he is confident about his plans.

I love football so much that I have decided to create something using Fairey’s idea. I support Chelsea and my favourite player is Hazard so I made a poster with Hazard using photoshop. I tried my best.