SHEPARD FAIREY
‘THE PURPLE SHALL GOVERN’
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SHEPARD FAIREY
‘THE PURPLE SHALL GOVERN’
SHEPARD FAIREY
‘THE PURPLE SHALL GOVERN’
THE STORY
On that day, a police water canon with purple dye was turned on thousands of Mass Democratic Movement supporters who poured into the city of Cape Town in an attempt to march on South Africa’s parliament. The Nelson Mandela Mural is Shepard Fairey’s first work in Africa and is seen by many as a sequel to Fairey’s iconic Barack Obama HOPE poster and has since become a Braamfontein icon.
THE STORY
On that day, a police water canon with purple dye was turned on thousands of Mass Democratic Movement supporters who poured into the city of Cape Town in an attempt to march on South Africa’s parliament. The Nelson Mandela Mural is Shepard Fairey’s first work in Africa and is seen by many as a sequel to Fairey’s iconic Barack Obama HOPE poster and has since become a Braamfontein icon.