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This piece is signed and numbered in pencil.
This is a very rare edition of only 10 pieces made, all artist proofs.
“The Che Guevara photo, taken by Alberto Korda in 1960, is probably the most clichéd image of rebellion worldwide. I stole it not so much to endorse what Che was about or what he did, but to demonstrate that symbols become easy to manipulate after they have a life beyond their real history. I see lots of kids with Che t-shirts who probably know nothing about him besides his rebel status. I tried to capture some of the essence of the original Che photograph, but it’s clearly not Che’s face – it’s Andre the Giant’s face. After this picture sat in the window of a San Diego art gallery for three months, a clerk across the street pointed at my Andre icon face t-shirt and exclaimed, ‘Che Guevara! I too am a fan of Che Guevara.’ It just shows how people’s memory can be reconditioned through imagery.”
– Shepard Fairey
