2017. Edition of 450
18” x 24” (46 x 61cm)
Screen print on Speckletone cream paper
Signed and numbered in pencil by Fairey and the photographer Arlene Mejorado
"The idea behind WE THE PEOPLE is that the concepts of equality, respect, and religious freedom are unassailable American values and non-partisan. I find it very disturbing that someone could find those ideas specifically, and by extension inclusion in general, to be partisan or problematic. Division has been a big issue for the nation, so the WE THE PEOPLE messages were intended to be things all Americans could unite behind. Taking offense to those images and slogans may unfortunately betray prejudices that the person who is offended would prefer to characterize as a pro-equality message as “partisan bias” rather than admit they don’t like the idea of true equality." – Shepard