<I>Be The Change</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009
name: label: Created by
content: Shepard Fairey, American, born 1970
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A screen print titled “Inauguration Print” by Shepard Fairey. The red, white, and blue poster was made by Fairey at the request of Barack Obama’s campaign office after Obama and Joe Biden won the election in 2008.
label: Description
content: At the top of the poster in blue, capitalized text reads [BE THE CHANGE]. Under the text is a headshot of Obama from the chest up wearing a suit with a red tie. Obama’s proper left side of the face and background are highlighted in red and the proper right side of his face and background are blue/grey highlighted in white. He is looking slightly up and into the distance. Obama is flanked on the left by the Capitol building against a blue background and flanked on the right by the White House with a red background. A red “V” with a white stripe in the middle is at the bottom center. Between the V is the U.S. presidential inauguration seal with the year 2009. Below each of the arms of the V are images of a crowd, likely supporters of Obama. At the bottom of the poster in blue, capitalized text reads [JANURARY 20TH 2009].
label: Description
content: The edition number is written in the lower left corner [4525/10,000].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.13
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Shepard Fairey
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 35 × 22 1/2 in. (88.9 × 57.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (mat): 40 1/8 × 28 1/4 in. (101.9 × 71.8 cm)