Shepherd Fairey in front of one of his murals.

On Aug. 7, Burrard Arts Foundation will launch its Surface Series with Earth Justice. The mural spans 20-storeys and 10,000 square feet and is a work by Shepard Fairey, the American graphic artist and social activist best known for his Barack Obama portrait Hope (see below). Fairey’s piece will be viewable at Burrard and Georgia, and is a part of the artist’s Earth Crisis series, a body of work centered on the concept that this generation is facing an environmental crisis. The mural launch will coincide with an art exhibition at Burrard Arts Foundation (258 E. 1st Ave) featuring Shepard’s work titled Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent

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See Shepherd Fairey’s Earth Justice mural beginning August 7