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A Collaborative Exhibition by Dennis Morris and Shepard Fairey Featuring Paintings, Prints & Photographs of Sid Vicious
The show S.I.D. : SUPERMAN IS DEAD features original unique paintings, rarely shown in Europe by the famour Shepard Fairey. 
Inspired by Dennis Morris’s photos of the Sex Pistols’s iconic bassist, Shepard Fairey creates a whole series as tribute to this contemporary Sid Vicious, a “Superman”.
Shepard Fairey says “The Sex Pistols changed my life when I discovered them in 1984. Their music alone made my arm hairs stand up, but their image and attitude were just as important and powerful. (…) . At 14 I was mesmerized by Sid and made my first homemade t-shirt of him snarling his lip defiantly. Sid was my Superman. (…) Sid was everything the Superman, anti-hero, or cliché of a nihilistic movement called for. (…) I have made many images of Sid over the years, and I thought I had retired him as a subject until Dennis Morris-the photographer of the most intimate and iconic shots of Sid-approached me about a collaboration.” Dennis Morris’s archive provided an amazing treasure trove of Sid images to work from in creating the paintings and prints in the "Superman Is Dead" show.
This series is shown in France for the very first time.
Considered by the Institute of Contemporary Art of Boston as the most influential street artist of our time, Shepard Fairey has been acquired by some of the most important museum collections such as Victoria and Albert Museum of London or the MOMA in New York.


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