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PROGRESS (Obama) by Shepard Fairey | Spike Lee: Creative Sources


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Spike Lee talks about Shepard Fairey's 2008 portrait of former United States president Barack Obama, featuring Obama's likeness and the word "PROGRESS." Lee owns a screenprint of the design, signed by Obama and inscribed by Fairey with the words, "Spike, thanks for the inspiration."

This episode is part of an adapted audio guide to Spike Lee: Creative Sources, open at the Brooklyn Museum through February 4, 2024. Visit www.brooklynmuseum.org for tickets.

See a photo of Lee's signed print and the other objects Lee discusses: https://bit.ly/SpikeLeeGuide

This project was produced by Seaplane Armada and the Brooklyn Museum.

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